Jenis Kata Ganti Bahasa Inggris (Pronoun)

Pronoun dalam Bahasa Indonesia disebut kata ganti. Mengapa disebut kata ganti? Karena ia berfungsi menggantikan kata benda (noun). 

Perhatikan contoh berikut ini:

• Susan is sick. She has been absent for 2 days.
• Jack has new style hair style. Everybody likes his hair.

Kalimat pertama, kata she menggantikan kata Susan. Sedangkan pada kalimat kedua, kata his menggantikan kata Jack.

Tanya: his mempunyai arti dia. terus he juga mempunyai arti dia. Apa bedanya?

Untuk menjawab pertanyaan di atas mari kita perhatikan satu contoh lagi di bawah ini:

• John is on the way. He's got traffic jam. Now, he's riding his motorcycle slowly.

Dalam contoh kalimat di atas, he berfungsi menggantikan John. He disebut personal pronoun as subject atau kata pengganti subjek.

Sedangkan kata his berfungsi sebagai pengganti kepunyaan. Jadi, his motorcycle mempunyai arti sepeda motor punya John. Dalam Bahasa Inggris, kita menyebutnya Possesive Adjective.

Tanya: Apa saja jenis Kata Ganti Bahasa Inggris?

Ada 4 jenis kata ganti dalam Bahasa Inggris. Kata ganti itu adalah, personal pronoun as subject, personal pronoun as object, possessive adjective, dan possesive pronoun.

Di bawah ini akan disajikan Personal Pronoun lengkap dengan perubahannya serta letaknya dalam kalimat.

Subject	Object	Possessive Adjective	Possessive Pronoun
I You They We He She It	Me You Them Us Him Her It	My Your Their Our His Her Its	Mine Yours Ours Theirs His Hers  Its

Letaknya dalam kalimat, perhatikan contoh-contoh kalimat menggunakan Personal Pronoun di bawah ini:

1. I love you.
2. She loves me.
3. Iwan likes his new hair.
4. You should come to their house.
5. That book is mine.