Pronoun 代名詞

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What is a pronoun?
A pronoun is a word which we use to replace a noun.
代名詞是一個代替名詞的。

Types of pronouns 代名詞的種類

  N. x  s4 ~4 q% _* E7 O# G) C, e0 W(1) Personal Pronouns 人稱代名詞
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(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.
4 a; s- f3 `$ [  y5 H& v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。
--- I, we, you, they, he, she, it
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(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.
有時候，我們用代名詞來代替在賓語位置的人物名稱，通常是在句子裡最尾或接近最尾出現的。
9 x, o' J6 r& z7 K5 R --- me, us, you, them, him, her, it
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(2) Possessive Pronoun 所有格代名詞
When we describe something that belongs to a person or persons, we can use the pronouns below.
- L+ v- a- k- T- b4 N  {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。
& @  n! f+ F+ A, O6 g- {1 I1 X--- 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)

9 t: ^+ W! V; m8 D(3) Reflexive Pronoun 反身代名詞
* _3 v/ r4 ^# x( X" R) ?' Y% n7 O3 K& kWe use these pronouns to refer back to the person(s) or thing(s) in the subject position of the sentence.
我們用這些代名詞來代替句子中的當事人(或物)自己。
--- myself, yourself, yourselves, ourselves, themselves, himself, herself, itself

8 E7 a& i6 ?' \& R- h( c(4) Interrogative Pronoun 疑問代名詞
/ ], r& I5 Y/ O/ L- |We use these pronouns in a question to replace the persons or things that we do not know.
4 N* Y: g: C$ j" o7 t& V我們用這些代名詞來表示在問題中的何人或何物。
& D/ H$ V8 z$ C* A$ }--- who, whom, whose, which, what
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# J5 D9 K: O8 G9 w# S: p4 ~(5) Demonstrative Pronoun 指示代名詞
; w& T( ?2 O; R( Z. }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