소유대명사(Possessive pronouns)는 어떤 명사가 누군가에게 소유되어 있음을 알려주는 단어입니다.  오늘 배울 소유대명사는 Mine, yours, his, hers, ours, theirs, its 그리고 whose입니다. 소유대명사를 쓸때는 절대 아포스트로피(‘)를 사용하면 안됩니다.
연습을 해보겠습니다. 내가 John이고, 당신은 Sheila라고 칩시다.

Formal Noun                                   With a pronoun
(I am) John.                                       The name John is (mine.)
Sheila is your name.                       The name Sheila is yours.
That is John’s bike.                          That is his bike.
The dog is Sheila’s.                          The dog is hers.
The cat is for my Sheila and I.     The cat is ours.
Is that the dog’s tail?                      Is that its tail?
The idea is Mark and Mary’s.      The idea is theirs.
Is this Joe’s house?                          Whose house is this?

대명사가 소유대명사로 어떻게 바뀌는지 아시겠지요? 소유 대명사는 다른 명사의 소유권을 나타내기 위해 사용합니다. 각각의 소유대명사를 살펴보면 다음과 같습니다.
Mine ? Always the person who is speaking or writing.  Remember, I am…
His ? Men and Boys
Hers ? Women and Girls
Yours ? You, the person reading this newspaper, this newspaper is yours!
Ours -  A group of people that you are in
Theirs ? A group of people that you are not in
Its ? Any object, place, or animal
Whose ? When you do not know who owns something.  Whose is almost always used when you are asking a question.  For instance, “Whose newspaper is this?”

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