pengertian possessive adjective
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Pengertian Possessive Adjective
Possessive adjective adalahdeterminer atau special adjective yang digunakan untuk
menyatakan kepemilikan (possession) terhadap noun. Possessive adjective terdiri
dari my, your,his, her, its, our, dan their.
Contoh Possessive Adjective:
my books, your father, our class, their rule, his shorts, her skirt, its tail (buku saya, ayah
kamu, kelas kita, peraturan mereka, celana pendek dia, rok dia, ekornya)
Pronoun dan Possessive Adjective
Possessive adjective memiliki bentuk yang mirip dengan possessive pronoun. Perbandingan
antara pronoun dengan possessive adjective dapat dilihat pada tabel sebagai berikut.
Number
Person
Personal Pronoun
Number Person
Possessive
Adjective
Subjective
Object.
Possessive
Singular
1st I me mine
Baiksingularmaupunplural
1st my
2nd you you yours 2nd your
3rdshe, he,
ither,
him, ithers,
his, its 3rdher, his,
its
Plural
1st we us ours 1st our
2nd you you yours 2nd your
3rd they them theirs 3rd their
Pronoun berfungsi mengantikan noun yang dapat berupa singular (mine, yours, hers, his, its)
atau plural (ours, yours, theirs). Jika noun yang berperan sebagai subjek kalimat berupa singular,
maka verb yang mengikuti berbentuk singular, begitupun sebaliknya. Sedangkan
semua possessive adjective dapat mengikuti nounbaik berupa singular maupun plural. Pada
klausa atau kalimat, jika noun yang berperan sebagai subjek kalimat berupa singular, maka
diikuti verb berbentuksingular, berlaku sebaliknya. Beberapa contoh Kalimatnya adalah sebagai
berikut[Subject= S; Subject Complement= SC; Object= O].
Contoh Kalimat Possessive Pronoun
Contoh Kalimat Possessive Adjective
Mine is the biggest one. [S] (Milikku adalah yang terbesar.)
The city is mine. [SC] (Kota tsb milikku.)
My house is the biggest one. [S] (Rumahku adalah yang terbesar.)
The city is my hometown. [SC] (Kota tsb adalah kampung halamanku.)
Yours was sent yesterday. [S] (Milikmu dikirim kemarin)
Yours were sent yesterday. [S] Today is yours. [SC] (Hari ini
milikmu.)
Your letter was sent yesterday. [S] (Suratmu dikirim kemarin.)
Your letters were sent yesterday. [S]
Today is your day. [SC] (Hari ini harimu.)
Hers is beautiful. [S] (Miliknya cantik.)
Her skirt is beautiful. [S] (Rok dia cantik.)
It is not his. [SC] (Itu bukan miliknya.)
I like his. [O] (Saya suka miliknya.)
It is not his car. [SC] (Itu bukan mobilnya.)
I like his car. [O] (Saya suka mobil dia.)
That puppy wagged its tail. [O] (Anak anjing itu mengibaskan ekornya.)
Ours is on the table. [S] (Milik kita di atas meja.)
That is ours. [SC] (Itu milik kita.)
They found ours. [O] (Mereka menemukan milik kita.)
Our key is on the table. [S] (Kunci kita di atas meja.)
That is our class. [SC] (Itu kelas kita.)
They found our key. [O] (Mereka menemukan kunci kita.)
Theirs are the official rules. [S] (Punya mereka adalah peraturan resmi.)
Some of the good books are theirs. [SC] (Beberapa dari buku bagus tsb adalah milik mereka.)
Their rules are the official rules. [S] (Peraturan mereka adalah peraturan resmi.)
Some are their own. [SC] (Beberapa adalah milik mereka.)
Posisi Possessive Adjective
Possessive adjective tepat berada didepan simple noun atau dapat disela olehdeterminer lain
maupun adjective (sebagai modifier) pada noun phrase. Sebagai informasi, possessive
adjective merupakan salah satu dari central determiner, yaitu determiner yang diletakkan
diantara pre dan post-determiner pada suatu noun phrase.
Contoh Possessive Adjective pada Noun Phrase:
your choice
two-third of his salary [two-third= fraction (predeterminer)]
my funny cat [funny= adjective]