Pengertian, Jenis, Kegunaan dan Contoh Pronouns

Pronouns adalah kata ganti yang menyatakan seseorang atau sesuatu. Jenis kata ini memiliki 3 jenis, yaitu :
1. Personal Pronouns
2. Possesive Pronouns
3. Reflexive Pronouns

1. Personal Pronouns

Yaitu kata ganti orang. Di dalam kalimat, kata ganti ini digunakan sebagai subjek dan sebagai objek. Penggunaan yang berbeda membuat bentukya berubah. Untuk lebih lengkap, perhatikan tabel di bawah :

Subjek	Contoh Kalimat	Objek	Contoh Kalimat
I	I am a teacher.	Me	He loves me.
You	You are a teacher.	You	I love you.
She	She is a nurse.	Her	They love her.
He	He is a policeman.	Him	She loves him.
It	It is a pen.	It	He buys it.
We	We are happy.	Us	They join us.
They	They are sad.	Them	Let them come.

2. Possesive Pronouns

Yaitu kata ganti yang menyatakan milik. Di dalam kalimat pemakaiannya dapat dibagi menjadi possesive adjectives dan possesive pronouns. Disebut sebagai possesive adjectives karena kata tersebut berfungsi sebagai adjectives.

Subjek	Possesive Adjectives	Contoh Kalimat Possesive Adjectives	Possesive Pronouns	Contoh Kalimat Possesive Pronouns
I	My	This is my pen.	Mine	This pen is mine.
You	Your	This is your pen.	Yours	This pen is yours.
She	Her	This is her pen.	Hers	This pen is hers.
He	His	This is his pen.	His	This pen is his.
It	Its	This is its bone.	its	This bone is its
We	Our	This is our pen.	Ours	This pen is ours.
They	Their	This is their pen.	Theirs	This pen is theirs.

3. Reflexive Pronouns

Yaitu kata ganti yang menyatakan tentang diri sendiri.

Personal	Reflexive Pronouns
I	Myself
You	Yourself
She	Herself
He	Himself
It	Itself
We	Ourselves
They	Themselves

Bentuk ini digunakan dalam dua cara, yaitu :

1. Untuk menyatakan tentang diri sendiri.

Contoh :

- I did my homework myself.

- He hurt hisself with knife.

2. Untuk menguatkan arti atau memberi penekanan.

Contoh :

- I myself found the place.

- They themselves agreed to sign.

Semoga bermanfaat.