Object Pronouns:
Definition:: It is a pronoun that is used as an object in the sentence.
Remember: A subjective or subject pronoun does the action and goes BEFORE the verb while object pronouns go AFTER the verb.
OBJECT PRONOUNS :
SINGULAR: —> Me (first person) You (2nd) Her / him / it (third person)
PLURAL —> Us (1st) You (2nd) Them (3rd)
** No confundir con los possessive adjectives : my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their
* Como vemos los object pronouns reciben la action del verbo y pueden ser direct or indirect objects. EN español esto se entiende como me, le, se, nos, los etc.. En ingles siempre que hay un object pronoun hay que colocarlo en la oración (al igual que con el subject pronoun).
Otros Ejemplos:
Imaginense que ven unos zapatos y dicen “Me gustan”. Esto en ingles no es I like o peor Me like. Primero que I like esta incompleto puesto que no se dice el objeto. Me like es una desgracia para el idioma puesto que los object pronouns nunca hacen la acción. Lo correcto es. I like them. (them por que se refiere a zapatos)
- La oracion: Quiero darle un beso. —–> I want to give her a kiss. (suponiendo que el objeto es una mujer)
Ejemplo:
Le quiero mucho. —–>> Quien quiere (subject) a quien quiere (object)
I love him/her. (Como vemos no hay tácito y se debe poner el “I” y tambien el objecto (en este caso indirecto) him her o tambien it deacuerdo al contexto.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
The Possessive pronouns are:
MINE / YOURS / HIS / HERS / ITS / OURS / YOURS / THEIRS
To understand these pronouns it is important to review the pronouns that we already know.
“Subject” Pronouns | Object Pronouns | Possessive Adjectives | Possessive Pronouns |
I | Me | my | mine |
You | You | Your | Yours |
He | Him | His | His |
She | Her | Her | Hers |
It | It | Its | Its |
We | Us | Our | Ours |
You | You | Your | Yours |
They | Them | Their | Theirs |
These are the pronouns that we know so far. Remember that the “Subject” and Object pronouns refer to people, places and things (nouns) and the Possessive adjectives and possessive pronouns refer to possessions.
Como vemos estos son todos los pronombres aprendidos hasta la fecha. Les hago recordar que es importante aprenderlos y saber las diferencias que existen entre ellos. Los “Subject” y object pronouns van a tomar el lugar de sustantivos y los possessive adjectives y possessive pronouns se utiliza para expresar posesión. Les recomiendo escuchar bien el audio para despejar dudas.
POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS vs POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES
We use both to talk about possession but they have different rules. LET’S COMPARE
- Possessive Adjectives (my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their)
When we use the possessive adjectives IT IS NECESSARY TO PUT A NOUN AFTER the possessive adjective.
Example:
I didn’t take my book. (YOU NEED TO PUT “BOOK”)
Maria went to her house.
We need to put the noun after the possessive adjective “my”.
- Possessive Pronouns (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs)
When we use the possessive pronouns WE DO NOT PUT THE NOUN AFTER the possessive pronoun.
Example: “We are talking about a book”
- That is mine.
- Maria didn’t take hers.
It is not necessary to put book because possessive pronouns can stand alone.
*** Entonces entendemos que con los possessive adjectives es necesario que sea seguido por un sustantivo pero los possessive pronouns pueden ir solos. Cuando usamos los possessive pronouns se tiene que tener claro de que uno esta hablando sino lo correcto es usar los possessive adjectives.
EJEMPLO DE COMO SE USAN LOS POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES Y LOS POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Whose book is this? (Usar el question word “whose” para hablar de posesión y de usar el sustantivo “book” despues del QW)
a) It is my book. (Here we use the possessive adjective “my” followed by the noun “book”)
b) It is mine. (Here we use the possessive pronoun “mine” and we do not need to put the noun after it).
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