Possessive Adjectives and Possessive Pronouns
Possessive Adjectives
形容词性物主代词
my
your
his
her
its
our
your
their
A possessive adjective is used along with a noun to show that somebody or something owns thatnoun or noun phrase.
形容词性物主代词经常和名词一起使用，去表示某人或某物所拥有的一个名词或名词短语
Theadjectiveshould be placed before the noun.
形容词性物主代词作为一个形容词必须被用在名词的前面
例如：
Is that your car?
(This sentence uses the possessive adjectiveyourtoask if you own the car.)
这句话用了形容词性物主代词your去询问这辆车是不是属于你
That is my car.
(This sentence uses the possessive adjectivemytoshow that I own the car.)
这句话用了形容词性物主代词表示这辆车属于我
例如：
Is thathisdog?
That ishisdog.
Is thatherpencil?
That isherpencil.
Does the dog likeitsfood?
The dog likesitsfood.
Is thisour new house?
This isour new house.
Is thatyourschool?
That isyourschool.
When a possessive adjective is used withother
adjectives, the possessive adjective should come first.
当形容词性物主代词和其他形容词一起使用的时候，形容词性物主代词必须放在最前面
Is thistheirnewmonkey?
This istheirnewmonkey.
Possessive Pronouns
名词性物主代词
mine
yours
his
hers
its*
ours
yours
Theirs
*we rarely use its as a possessive pronoun
A possessive pronoun works like any other pronoun, butshows us that somebody owns something.
名词性物主代词和其他人称代词一样，但是他同时表示属于某人的某物。
Unlike possessive adjectives, they arenot used withnouns.
和形容词性物主代词不同的是，名词性物主代词不和名词一起使用。
例如：
Is the pencilmine?
The pencil ismine.
-or-
It ismine.
Is thatyours?
That isyours.
Is thathis?
It ishis.
I know everyone’s phone number.
Do you knowhers?
I can see your house but I can’t seeours.
Those seats over there areyours.
Ed’s cat is bigger thantheirs.
Possessive Adjectives vs. Possessive Pronouns
形容词性物主代词和名词性物主代词的对比，
We can choose if we want to use possessive adjectives or possessive pronouns.
我们可以选择形容词性物主代词或者名词性物主代词。表达的意义相同。
That is my monkey.
That monkey is mine.
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