Pronoun 代名詞

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What is a pronoun?
; W, E' J8 r# u( F* b( BA pronoun is a word which we use to replace a noun.
, X" H! r- p- t7 k# Z代名詞是一個代替名詞的。
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) j1 _; f- ^, K1 L' I- |Types of pronouns 代名詞的種類
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(1) Personal Pronouns 人稱代名詞

(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.
  T' G2 T( x& T$ J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

(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.
6 |& Y0 C2 F1 h8 q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。
--- me, us, you, them, him, her, it
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$ t9 j, G) p+ V7 i(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.
* p' Y! t9 j6 T/ [5 P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。
, J( q! w# Z2 @" F) v9 h" b--- 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)

, Y# k0 p3 t6 |% J9 g+ x% O! Z(3) Reflexive Pronoun 反身代名詞
+ }5 V# p9 U! X, D" QWe 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。
" j5 X6 M+ M# Z& U4 p--- myself, yourself, yourselves, ourselves, themselves, himself, herself, itself
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(4) Interrogative Pronoun 疑問代名詞
  t- u& |; g6 _3 J, e. R4 E2 ~We use these pronouns in a question to replace the persons or things that we do not know.
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

(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