用法
物主代詞分形容詞性物主代詞(my, your, his, her, its, our, your, their)和名詞性物主代詞(mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, yours, theirs)。形容詞性物主代詞在句隻用作定語;名詞性物主代詞則不能用作定語,但可以用作主語、賓語、表語、連用of作定語。
舉例
1)物主代詞既有表示所屬的作用又有指代作用,例如:
John had cut his finger; apparently there was a broken glass on his desk.
約翰割破了手指,顯而易見,他桌子上有個破碎的玻璃杯。
物主代詞有形容詞性(my, your等)和名詞性(mine, yours等)兩種,形容詞性的物主代詞屬于限定詞。
名詞性的物主代詞在用法上相當于省略了中心名詞的--'s屬格結構,例如:
Jack's cap意為The cap is Jack's.
His cap意為The cap is his.
1)名詞性物主代詞的句法功能
a. 作主語,例如:
May I use your pen? Yours works better.
我可以用一用你的鋼筆嗎? 你的比我的好用。
b.作賓語,例如:
I love my motherland as much as you love yours.
我愛我的祖國就像你愛你的祖國一樣深。
c.作介詞賓語,例如:
You should interpret what I said in my sense of the word, not in yours.
你應當按我所用的詞義去解釋我說的話,而不能按你自己的意義去解釋。
d.作主語補語,例如:
The life I have is yours. It's yours. It's yours.我的生命屬于你,屬于你,屬于你。
物主代詞的意思是物品主人的代詞。