(3)代名詞所有格(genitive):由於具有表明物主的所有權的意思,又稱為所有格限定詞,因中文中亦有“的”的意思,具有形容詞的意味,也稱為所有格形容詞,簡言之所有格之後必接名詞。
【觀念確認】所有格後絕不可接代名詞,也不可與指示代名this, that和冠詞the, a, an同時用於名詞之前。
Mary is one of my friends.(正)
Mary is a friend of mine.(正…我的朋友)
Mary is a friend of my friend’s.(正…朋友的朋友)
Mary is a my friend. (誤)
Mary is my one friend. (誤)
Mary is one friend of mine.(誤)
Mary is a friend of my friends.(誤)
Mary is one friend of my friends.(誤)
This is your book. (正)
This book is yours. (正)
This book of yours is good . (正)
This is a your book. (誤)
This book is your one. (誤)
This one book is yours. (誤)
Your this book is a good book. (誤)
用於敬稱的代名詞所有格
敬 稱 |
對 象 |
Your Majesty (His Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Queen) 陛下 |
國王、王后 |
Your (His , Her) Royal Highness 殿下 |
王子、公主 |
Your Excellency 閣下 |
大使、總督 |
Your Honor 庭上,大人 |
法官、官員 |
在以從屬子句做為受詞或補語的句中,若將名詞子句改為動名詞片語,若從屬子句的主詞與主要子句不同,動名詞前須將主詞改用所有格。(詳參動名詞)
他堅持由他付錢
He insisted that he should pay the money.
He insisted on his paying the money.
我怕他真的會那麼做
I am afraid that he would do it that way.
I am afraid of his doing it that way.
(4) 所有代名詞(Possessive Pronoun) = (代)名詞所有格 + 名詞
Mary is my sister not hers (= her sister ).
His house is bigger than mine(= my house ).
My grades are as good as yours(= your grades ).
He is a friend of mine(= my friends ).
Their teacher is so humorous, but ours is so serious.( = our teacher).
These books are his, not theirs.
This car is his father’s, not my father’s.(名詞所有格可直接轉作所有代名詞)
I don’t like a life like his. (正)
I don’t like a life like this. (正)
I don’t like a life like that. (正)
I don’t like a life like yours. (正)
I don’t like a life like you. (誤)
I don’t like a life like him. (誤)
用於謙恭的所有代名詞:
Yours truly…, Sincerely yours…(= I )
※ 多半用於書信,簽名前的敬語;如同中文的「…敬上」 ※
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