Nota penuh: 2.2 Possessive Pronouns & Adjectives
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Possessive Adjective (tunjuk milik + noun)
- Possessive adjective tunjuk milik, mesti ada noun di belakang 📦
- Senarai: my, your, his, her, its, our, their
- Kedudukan: Possessive adjectiveNounContoh: my book, her bag, their house
- *"This is my pencil."* — my + pencil (noun) ✏️
- *"The dog wags its tail."* — its + tail 🐕
- Eh, tahu tak? Jangan keliru: "its" (milik) TAKDE apostrof, tapi "it's" (= it is) ADA apostrof. "The cat licks its paw" vs "It's a cat." Dua benda berbeza!
Tip Power! Silap klasik: 'your' vs 'you\'re'. 'your book' = buku awak (milik). 'you\'re' = you are. Dengar makna dulu baru pilih!
Possessive Pronoun (tunjuk milik, TANPA noun)
- Possessive pronoun berdiri sendiri — TAK perlu noun di belakang 🧍
- Senarai: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs
Possessive ADJECTIVE (+noun)
- This is my bag.
- my, your, her, our
Possessive PRONOUN (no noun)
- This bag is mine.
- mine, yours, hers, ours
- *"This book is mine."* — habis, tak perlu noun lagi 📕
- *"Whose pen is this? It's hers."* — hers ganti "her pen" ✒️
- Silap klasik: *"This is mine book"* ❌ → *"This is my book"* atau *"This book is mine"* ✅
Cara ingat: Ada noun belakang → guna 'my/your/her' (adjective). Takde noun, berdiri sorang → guna 'mine/yours/hers' (pronoun).
Possessive dengan 's
- Untuk tunjuk milik nama orang, tambah 's: *Ali's bag, Sara's cat* 🎒
- 's = benda kepunyaan orang / haiwan itu
- Cara guna 's: Nama pemilikTambah 'sNoda bendaContoh: the teacher's table
- Kalau plural dah tamat -s, letak apostrof je: *the boys' room* (bilik budak lelaki) 🚪
- *"This is Ahmad's book."* — buku milik Ahmad 📗
- Eh, tahu tak? Tanda ' (apostrof) memang kecik tapi penting! "the girls bags" (tiada apostrof) nampak macam salah — betulnya "the girls' bags" untuk beg beberapa orang perempuan.
Tip Power! Tanya 'Whose?' (milik siapa?) untuk uji possessive. Whose book? Ali's book. Whose is it? It's his / It's Ali's.