Pronoun 代名詞

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What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word which we use to replace a noun.
8 Y% o  W( }2 ^, ]代名詞是一個代替名詞的。
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3 _1 l6 l( b/ L( P5 k6 X4 a# PTypes of pronouns 代名詞的種類
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(1) Personal Pronouns 人稱代名詞

& q! I4 X# b: p. z5 e; u(a) We use these pronouns to replace the name of a person/a thing in the subject position, often at the beginning of a sentence.
我們用代名詞來代替在主語位置的人物名稱，通常是在句子裡開首出現的。
' \; H7 U/ b; o5 b% ~4 D) ^5 ~--- I, we, you, they, he, she, it
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$ ^; ^" G/ O9 ~9 H8 z6 w7 U7 d+ e0 s% u(b) Sometimes we use the pronouns to replace a noun which is in the object position, often at the end or near the end of a sentence.
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1 h' o6 E. f8 i- t/ J8 m --- me, us, you, them, him, her, it

(2) Possessive Pronoun 所有格代名詞
$ X' V- |2 @# l! E. W5 JWhen we describe something that belongs to a person or persons, we can use the pronouns below.
3 R' g. i7 ~+ c9 f/ i) C0 U. q如果我們形容一些屬於某人或某些人的東西，我們可以用以下的代名詞。
. E# N7 G, U$ p7 I& X( v--- mine(我的東西), ours(我們的東西), yours(你或你們的東西), theirs(他們的東西), his(他的東西), hers(她的東西), its(牠或它的東西)
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4 X$ [/ n5 r- S2 j5 G& E(3) Reflexive Pronoun 反身代名詞
We use these pronouns to refer back to the person(s) or thing(s) in the subject position of the sentence.
: |/ j& n9 J6 o) Q" I4 K+ s6 |6 Y5 K我們用這些代名詞來代替句子中的當事人(或物)自己。
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* P) t! P, \, c- r; W0 n2 a" T# ]# ^3 ~6 M(4) Interrogative Pronoun 疑問代名詞
We use these pronouns in a question to replace the persons or things that we do not know.
) v' d3 b9 r9 i! f8 C$ O6 b, `2 j/ K我們用這些代名詞來表示在問題中的何人或何物。
--- who, whom, whose, which, what
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+ y0 {$ l; V" d6 t(5) Demonstrative Pronoun 指示代名詞
We use these pronouns to talk about the person(s) or thing(s) which we are describing in the sentence.
我們用這些代名詞來表示那些我們在句子中正在形容的人物或東西。
--- this, that, these, those