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The use of attracted pronouns in English. My or Mine? Holding pronouns and adjectives. Possessive pronouuns and adjectives. Translation of the spent pronouns in English

What are attracted pronouns? These are brief words expressing affiliation and responsible for the question "Whose?" / "Whose?". They can be represented in an associated or absolute form, which are somewhat different in their appearance and position in the proposal.

Holding pronouns in an attached form

This form is characterized by a position in front of the noun. It is easiest to remember the assignment pronoun in a pair with their respective personal pronouns based on the following simple table, understandable even for children:

Personal pronouns

Possessive pronouns

Examples

Translation of examples

I / Ya

mY. / My.

my Job, My House, My Toys

my job, my home, my toys

you / you, you, you

your. / yours, your, your

your Children, Your Bicycle, Your Car

yours (yours, your) kids, your bike, your car

he / O.

hIS / his

(from M.R.)

his Sister, His Friend, HIS Uncle

his sister, his friends, his uncle

she / she

hER. / her

hER CAR, HER PARENTS, HER BROTHER

her car, her parents, her brother

iT / it

its. / his

(from cf.r.)

iTS NAME, ITS PAWS, ITS HOSPITAL

his name, his paws, his hospital

we / We.

oUR / our

our House, Our Friends, Our Child

our home, our friends, our child

they / they

their / them

their Room, Their Son, Their Hands

their room, their son, their hands

Consider some examples of consuming attracted pronouns in an attached form. Note that english language This type of pronouns does not change on cases, childbirth or numbers, in contrast to the respective Russian pronouns. Compare the pronouns B. english proposals And their Russian equivalents:

The attracted form of a stronger pronoun

Example of proposals

Translation of examples

mY.

I Like My Job.

I love my (my) work.

I'm Going to Wash My Face.

I'm going to wash my face (mine).

I Haven't Got My Key.

I do not have my key.

My Book Is On The Desk.

My book is on the desk.

yOUR *

I saw you with your brother.

I saw you with your brother.

Do You Enjoy Your Job?

Do you enjoy your (yours) work?

Your Breakfast Is On Your Table.

Your breakfast on your table.

I DON'T KNOW Your Address or Your Telephone Number.

I do not know your address or your phone number.

hIS

Tom Likes to Work in His Garden.

Tom loves to work in his (His) Garden.

Larry Lives with His Parents.

Lari lives with her (his) parents.

Say Tom, His Sister Phoned.

Tell me, called his sister.

Mr. Baker Said He Had Bought A Car. Is this His Car?

Mr. Baker said he bought a car. This is his car?

hER.

Ann Wants To Sell Her Car.

Ann wants to sell his (her) car.

Sue often Visits Her Grandmother.

Sue often visits her grandmother.

My Sister Sometimes Jogs in A Park Near Her House.

My sister sometimes runs in the park next to his (with her) house.

Her Bag Is On The Chair in the Living Room.

Her bag on the chair in the living room.

iTS **

This is a beautiful tree. ITS Leaves.are Golden and Orange.

This is a beautiful tree. Its leaves are gold and orange.

Cambridge is Famous for Its University.

Cambridge is famous for his (his) university.

That Dog Is Playing with ITS Tail.

The dog plays with his (with her) tail.

I am Not Going to Buy this Bicycle. Its Price Is So Too High.

I'm not going to buy this bike. Its price is too high.

oUR

We Are Going to Visit Our Parents.

We are going to visit our parents.

Let's Show Our Project to The Teacher.

Let's show our project to the teacher.

Our Money Is In The Box.

Our money in the box.

We Were Happy to See Our Friends.

We are happy to see our friends.

their

Most People Aren't Happy With their Jobs.

Most people are unhappy on their (their) work.

The Children Are Doing Their Homework.

Children make their (their) homework.

Tell Your Parents, Their Order Will Be Delivered Tomorrow.

Tell your parents, their order will be delivered tomorrow.

Mr. and mrs. Smith Are Going to The Theater With Their Friends This Evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith go to the theater with their (their) friends in this evening.

*Pronoun your.not written from the capital (big) letters in the middle of the sentence, even if it means a polite appeal " Your"Since in English there is no separate polite forms of circulation of this nature.

** Be careful with pronoun its. , because it is in English, it refers to an inanimate object or animal belonging, as they relate to the middle family in English. In the Russian category of the genus may be different for animals and inanimate objects, so often in Russian its. Translated as "it", and as "her." Only in no case do not confuse a stronger pronoun its. with abbreviated form iT. 'S. consisting of pronoun iT. and verb iS.

Probably, for an attentive reader, there was no unnoticed by the fact that quite often (but not always), the strongest pronouns into Russian is convenient to translate with the help of the "omnipresent" strongest pronoun "His". But there are no such universal pronouns in English. Therefore, be careful when translating from Russian into English - find in each case to be and defined, which means the word "your" in each particular case: "My", "His", "them", etc. For example:

I meet with my own (with my) friends on Saturday.

I am MEETING My Friends on Saturday.

John and Sarah are proud of their own (\u003d them) by children.

John and Sarah Are Proud of Their Children.

Tom loves to lie on his (\u003d his) sofa and do nothing.

Tom Likes Lying On His Sofa and Doing Nothing.

We are going to sell our (\u003d ours) yacht.

We Are Going to Sell Our Yacht.

Pretty pronouns in absolute form

In general, this subspecies of attractive pronouns simultaneously and similar to the attached shape, and has a number of significant differences:

1) attache pronouns in absolute form for the most part somewhat longer The first subspecies, but not all of them. Most of these pronouns are formed from their relatives in an attached form by adding -s, but not all of them. In this case, the value of the pronoun in absolute form is the same as their analogues in an attached form. Compare:

Attached form

Absolute form

my (my Car - my car)

mine. (T.he Car Is Mine. - The car is mine.)

your (your Flowers - Your Flowers)

yours. (Thesee Flowers Are Yours. - These flowers are yours.)

his (his Book - his book)

hIS (This book is his, not yours. - This book is not yours.)

hER (HER DRESS - her dress)

hers. (This Dress Is Hers. - This dress is her.)

iTS (ITS Castle - his castle)

its. The Castle Is Its (The Town's). - His castle (city).)

oUR (Our Teachers - Our Teachers)

ours (Those Teachers Are Ours. - Teachers are ours.)

their (Their House - their home)

theirs. (The Big House Is Theirs. - The big house is their.)

2) the absolute form of a stronger pronouns is used when after it is not set by the defined noun. For example:

Absolute form of drawing pronoun

Example of proposals

Translation of examples

mine.

This Book Is Mine.

This book is mine.

yours.

Those Gloves Are Yours.

Those gloves are yours.

hIS

George and I.have Bough NEW CARS. The Red Car Is Mine and The Blue One Is His.

George and I bought cars. The red car is mine, and blue is him.

hers.

This is your house. And Show Me Hers!

This is your home. And show me her!

its.

My Dog Has Got Many Prizes. All Those Medals Are ITS.

My dog \u200b\u200bhas many awards. All those medals are her.

ours

We don't Need Your Suitcases. Give US Ours!

We do not need your suitcases. Give us ours!

theirs.

Those Little Children in the Garden Are theirs.

Those small children in the garden are them.

We notice that the absolute form of attractive pronums is no longer translated by the pronoun "its".

3) for the absolute form of attractive pronouns is also characterized by consumption of sustainable expressions, for example a Friend of Mine where the defined noun is standing before pronoun in absolute form and connected to it pretext Of. . It usually gives the expression of uncertainty, that is, one of the friends, some of the friends mean. Judge for yourself:

I WAS AT The Cinema WITH a Friend of Mine.

I was in movies with one of my friend.

James Saw Jennet In The City Center WITH some Friends of Hers.

James saw Genenet in the city center with several of her friends.

We Are Planning To Go to A Rock Concert With some Friends of Ours.

We plan to go to rock concert with a few friends.

DOU YOU LIKE PLAYING CHESS WITH a Friend of Yours?

Do you like to play chess with some of your friends?

In general, you can briefly determine the difference in the use of an attached and absolute forms a short and understandable even child with the rule: "Short" form is used in front of the noun, and "long" - without a noun.

Come on! I'll Show You. mY.room. / Breaking! I will show you my (\u003d my) room.

Look! This Room Is. mine.. / Look! This room is mine.

Pass Gina. hER.copy-Book, Please. / Tell Gine her notebook, please.

Gina Has Put The Copy-book on the Desk. THAT GREEN COPY-BOOK IS hers.. / Gina put a notebook on the desk. That green notebook is her.

Takeyour. lunch-Boxes from the table in the kitchen. / Take your boxes with a lunch from the table in the kitchen.

THE LUNCH-BOXES IN THE KITCHEN ARE yours.. Take Thatm, Please. / Boxes with lunch in the kitchen - yours. Take them, please.

We hope that now the choice of the correct assistant pronoun will not represent any difficulties for you.

POSSESSVIVE (translated) in English grammar is the form of nouns and pronouns, which expresses belongs to someone or something, answering the question whose (whose?). There are drawing nouns, pronouns and adjectives that we will consider in this article.

POSSESSVIVE NOUNS - PREVENTAL NOUNS

The attractive form of nouns in English is formed in two ways:

1) by adding apostrophe and letters s (-'s) In the end of the word. Usually this form is used when it comes to humans, groups of people, organizations, animals, as well as periods of time and geographic locations.

2) by adding an excuse of.. This form is more often used for things, items, ideas, but can also be used for people and organizations (groups of people).

In some cases, the use of both the other form is possible.

People: Steve's Daughter, Marina - Marina's Hand
Animals: Dog's Tail, Bird's Eggs
Groups of people: the Smith's Children, Company's Success \u003d The Success Of The Company
Time periods: today's Magazine, Next Week's Work, Monday's News
Places: RUSSIA'S PRESIDENT, THE CITY'S STREETS

the Window of the House (windows at home)
tHE TITLE OF THE BOOK (title of the book)
tHE TOP OF THE TOWER (Tower Tower)
tHE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT (mid night)
tHE BUILDINGS OF THE TOWN (city buildings)
THE NAME OF THE COMPANY (The name of the company)
THE SISTER OF MARY (sister Mary)

Most nouns in the multiple number ends on - s.For the formation of a mature form to them only apostrophe is added. Adding an apostrophe only affects the letter and does not affect the pronunciation.

Take for example two sentences: " THEY ARE HIS SISTSERS » and " His Sisters' House Is Very Big. Pronunciation of words sisters. [Sɪstəz] and sisters' [Sɪstəz] will be the same.

However, not all nouns in the multiple number ends on - s.Such nouns form a possessive form by adding 'S. In the end of the word:

women's Dresses, Children's Names, Men's Hats, PEOPLE'S STES

POSSESSVIVE AdjectiveS-attractive adjectives

Possessive adjectives.or Possessive Determiners. Also may be called possessive PRONOUNS.We are talking about which in the next paragraph, but for differences from the latter, they are allocated to a special group. The following table shows which pronouns, to which group are related.

Examples of application possessive adjectives.:

1) To indicate the affiliation of things:

IT's My Bycicle. (This is my bike)
Their House Is Very Nice. (Their home is very good)
His Hat Is Red. (His red hat)

2) to indicate related and friendly connections between people:

My Mother. (my mother), HER FRIENDS. (her friends), Their Parents. (their parents)

3) for parts of the body:

SHE'S BROKEN HER LEG (She broke (her) leg)
They Looked At their Hands (They looked at their hands)
I am Brushing My Teeth (I clean (my own) teeth)

Possessive PRONOUNS - Personal Pronouncements

Used instead of nouns with a presumptuous determinant, for example, instead IT's My Sweateryou can say IT's Mine.More examples:

Are you your parents? - YES, THEY ARE MINE. (Are these parents? - Yes, they are mine.)
WHOSE CARPET IS THIS? Is it yours? (Whose carpet is yours?)
Are these Books Ours? - NO, THEY'RE THEIRS. (These are our books? - No, it's them.)
Whose Cup Is That? - THAT IS HERS. (Whose cup is it? - This is her.)

Mattering pronouns are also used after of.:

He is One of My Teacher. HE IS A TEACHER OF MINE (He is one of my teachers. He is my teacher.)

Exercises on Possessive.

1. Fill in The Correct Possessive Pronoun or Adjective (Fill in with the right assignment or adjective)

Please take off ____________ SHOES WHEN YOU ENTER MY HOUSE.
My Father Always Loses ____________ Glasses.
I Saw Joe and Cathrine WITH ____________ SON, HARRY.
My Mother Helped Me Wit ____________ Homework.
This Is Their Book. Those Oter Books Are ____________ TOO.
Clara Didn't Have A Ticket, So I Gave Her ____________.

2. Fill in the Correct Possessive Noun(Fill out the right spelling noun)

What is your one ____________ Name? (Sister).
Where Are ____________ Children (Chris).
Do You Still Have ____________ NEWSPAPER? (Yesterday).
Two Days Ago I Visited ____________ SCOOL (Girls).
Theere IS A ____________ Nest on the Tree (Bird).
I Like Our ____________ Ecology Policy (Government).

Right answers (Mouse over to see them)

Each personal pronouction corresponds to a stronger pronoun expressing affiliation and answering the question whose? - whose?

Pretty pronouns have two forms. Pronouns first or main Forms perform a function definitions and cost in front of the noun. Proponation of the second or Absolute Forms replace the noun itself.

Face

Main form

(determines the noun)

Absolute form

(replaces the noun)

Singular

mY. [ mai.] my, my, mine, mine

mine. [ main.] my, my, mine, mine

your. [ jl] yours, yours, yours, yours

yours. [ jlz.] yours, yours, yours, yours

hIS [ hiz.] his

hER. [ hW.] her

its. [ Its.] his her

hIS [ hiz.] his

hers. [ hwz.] her

its. [ Its.] his her

Plural

oUR [ aUQ.] ours, our, our, our

ours [ auqz.] our, our, our

your. [ jl] your, your, your, your

yours. [ jlz.] your, your, your, your

their [ DFQ.] them

theirs. [ Dfqz.] them

Pretty pronoun in this form always stands in front of the nounTo which it relates and pronounced without stagnation. Being the determinant of the noun, it excludes the use of artity in front of him:

If other definitions are preceded by noun, then the stronger pronoun is put in front of them:

Where Is. mY. red pencil.?)

Where my red pencil?

But a stronger pronoun, like an article, is placed after all. and Both.:

All. mY. pencils. ARE IN THAT BOX.

Everything my the pencils In this box.

Both. hIS brothers. Live There.

Both his brother Live there.

After the attractive pronouns, adjectives may be adjective own. his own one , reinforcing the pronoun value:

This is. my own. car.

it my own a car.

HE SAW IT WITH his Own. eyes..

He saw it His own eyes.

And design oN. One 'S. Own. means one, alone as well as Alone, on your own :

In English, there is no special form of a strongest pronoun corresponding to the Russian pronoun " your " . It is translated by one of the assignments: My, Mine, His, Her, Hers etc. Depending on the face and the number of subjects:

Important to rememberthat English attracted pronouns are used and in cases where in Russian pronoun " your " No (implied). Holding pronouns are required for nouns denoting body parts, objects of clothing, personal accessories, related relations, and the Russian language is usually not translated. In this case it is impossible Instead of a stronger pronouns, use article Their.

Take off. your. coat. (but not The Coat)

Remove coat.

The Man Put. hIS hand Into hIS pocket. And Took Out. hIS wallet.

Male Sunun hand in pocket and took out wallet.

Their dog wagged. its. tail.

Dog wist tail.

If this noun does not apply to the Contractor, but to the object of action, then the article is used their, eg:

Pretty pronouns in this form are used instead of nouns, and therefore, the nouns after this form are never put. These pronouns can be performed in the proposal function subject, Supplements or name portion of the tame:

1 Subject:

This Is Not My Pen, mine. IS RED.

This is not my handle, my Red.

Where Are All Our Toys? - Mine. Are here.

Where are all our toys? - My here.

My Room is Large, yours. IS LARGER.

My room is big yours - More.

2 Direct addition:

Our Plan Is Better Than theirs. . (instead Their Plan) Our plan is better than them .

His Room Is Larger Than hers. . Its room is greater than her .

3 Registered part of the composite (Other name - predicative):

HERE IS Your Hat, But Where Is mine. ?

Here is your hat, and where my ?

Whose Pencil Is This? - It's hers. .

Whose pencil is? - Her .

That "S Her Own Business, Not yours. .

This is her case, not yours .

We use pronouns to replace nouns in the sentence. Look at the word "pronoun" itself, it contains the main function of this part of speech: " instended", i.e " instead of the name of the noun" The pronouns are used to diversify it and not repeat the same word from the proposal to offer.

There are several types of pronouns:, and assigning. Every type of pronouns we paid special attention In a separate article.

Let's see like a native speaker Alex. talks about words that show that someone owns something.

When we want to say that someone belongs to someone, we use settling forms. As you can see Alex. Allocated two forms: Possessive adjectives. and Possessive PRONOUNS..

Attractive adjectives

Let's start considering the attracted shapes from the attracted adjectives. Abroad these words call Possessive adjectives.. Such words show a sign of an object, phenomena or man, so they are attributed to adjectives, and not to pronounced:

  • My Book. - My book. (What a book? - My)
  • His Friend.. - His friend. (What friend? - His)

In Russian textbooks in English grammar it is written that mY. (your., hIS and so on.) - This is a pronoun, but English speakers insist that it is an adjective, because it stands in front of the nouquency and defines it. Let's turn to the tablet:

Personal pronoun Pretty adjective Transfer
I. MY. My
You. Your. Is yours
He. HIS His
She. HER. Her
IT. Its. His her
We. OUR Our
You. Your. Your
They Their Them

MY. Cat Likes to Play with a Ball. - My The cat loves to play with the ball.

She Wants To Talk To your. Manager. - She wants to talk to yours manager.

THE TEACHER FOUND. hIS Mistakes. - Teacher found his Errors.

I Like hER. Dress. - I like her dress.

Our Family Likes to Rest in Crimea, We Adore its. Nature. - Our family loves to relax in the Crimea, we adore his Nature.

They look after. oUR Children. - They look after our children.

HE IS SPEAKING WITH their Mother. - He is talking to them Mom.

Please note: in all examples after mY. (hIS, their) There is a noun.

In Russian, there is a universal word "its", which we simply change in numbers and persons. In English, the words "your", "their", "its" should be translated as "mine", "ours", "his" / "it", respectively.

She cut its own finger. - She Cut. hER. Finger.

I like his Mom. - I Love. mY. Mother.

Make his work. - DO. your. Work.

Possessive pronouns

If you need to replace the noun in the sentence, then you need to use one of the assignments. Usually, the noun is replaced so that there are no repetitions in the proposal.

  • This Is Not. my Pen., mine. IS Purple.. - this is not my handle, my purple (replaced my Pen. on the mine.).
Personal pronoun Possessive pronoun Transfer
I. Mine. My
You. Yours. Is yours
He. HIS His
She. Hers. Her
IT. Its. His her
We. Ours Our
You. Yours. Your
They Theirs. Them

Becky! That is. mine.! - It myBecky!

My Task IS Easier Than yours.. - My task is easier than your.

This Is Not His Car, hIS IS BLUE. - This is not his car, his - blue.

This Is a Friend Of hers.. - It her friend.

IT IS NOT THEIR HOUSE, theirs. IS Bigger. - This is not their home, them more.

The overall pattern for all assistant pronouns is that after them no need to consume a noun, and, as a rule, it is at the end of the sentence. And still look at such a couple: a Friend of Mine and my Friend.. Both phrases mean the same thing - my friend, only after the pretext of. Using assigning pronouns, not adjectives ( a Friend of My).

Molding forms help in cases where we want to say that something belongs to someone. In English, in contrast to Russian, there are two forms: assigning pronouns and attractive adjectives. On the latest - attractive adjectives in English and speak today.

General

Before proceeding with the theory, we turn to practice. You can say the following about your home: "This is my home" or "This house is mine." At first glance - no difference: from the permutation of the place of the lexeme "My" sense of the proposal does not change. This statement is partly true for English. But only partly, since in the first case it is used by the attractive adjective My (my), and in the second most of the Mine pronoun.

Different and structure of these proposals:

This Is My House is my home.
This house is Mine is my home.

As you can see, in the first example, the adjective adjective My (mine) is before the noun, describing it and answering the question of what? (What?). In the second, the attractive pronoun is at the end of the sentence, replacing the noun and does not call it. But this is a practice. We now move on to the theory.

Attractive adjectives

In English there are 8 attracted adjectives by the number of personal pronouns:

Personal pronouns

Attractive adjectives

Pictures

proponion

Yours (Your)

They answer the question "Whose?" And describe the subject, pointing to his belonging to someone or something. As the adjective, it is used before the noun, which it determines, but always without article:

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my Children is my children, His Son - His Son, Her Work - Her Work, Our City is our city.

note On the attractive adjective ITS (it), which means belonging to an animal or inanimate subject. It is impossible to be confused with it's, which is brief form The combination of pronouns and verb IT IS (this is) or IT HAS (he has).

Possessive pronouns

As can be seen from the table above in English there are 7 assignments. They point to the belonging of the subject or items to one or several persons. Their function is the substitution of the noun. Therefore, in the sentence, they are usually used independently, without nouns, at the beginning or at the end of the sentence:

This city is ours is our city.
This Red Bag is Hers - this red bag is her.
These Pens Are Theirs - these handles are them.

In the case when earlier it was about any subject, face or phenomenon, expressed by nouns, and this is seen from the context, instead of this noun uses the corresponding assigning pronoun at the beginning of the sentence:

Our Flat Is On The Third Floor. Theirs (Their Flat) is on the fifth. - Our apartment is on the third floor. Them - on the fifth.
His Brother Works AT The Factory. Mine (My Bother) Works at the Office. - His brother works at the factory. My - in the office.

note The fact that in Russian textbooks on the English grammar, the attractive forms are not divided into attracted adjectives and pronouns, and they only belong to their assignments. British and American authors of textbooks insist on division.

What did we know?

In English, there are attracted adjectives and assistant pronouns. The first are always used without article in front of the noun. Pretty pronouns stand at the end or at the beginning of the sentence, and after them the noun is not used.

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