GRAMMAR FOCUS
PRONOMBRES.-There are four types of pronouns in English:
1-Personal Pronouns (subject pronouns)
2-Object Pronouns (complement pronouns),
3-Possessive Pronouns
4- Reflexive Pronouns.
1- PERSONAL PRONOUNS (subject pronouns)
Estas palabras ocurren en la posición del sujeto dentro de una oración o después del verbo be. Reconozcamos el significado de estos pronombres.
SINGULAR | PLURAL |
I ... Yo YOU...Tú HE…él SHE…ella IT….el-ella (para animales,cosas,estados del tiempo) | WE…nosotros,as YOU…Uds THEY…ellos-ellas |
Examples.
I live in Boconó
She and I have a new computer
They are enrolled in an English course
We have to do the English exercises for next class
It is very hot today in Boconó
PLEASE TRANSLATE INTO SPANISH THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.
2-OBJECT PRONOUNS ( complement pronouns)
Ocurren en la posición de complemento o luego del verbo de la oración, su uso es común después de una preposición.
SINGULAR | PLURAL |
ME... a mi YOU... a ti HIM... a él HER ...a ella IT.. a el-ella | US... a nosotros, as YOU … a uds THEM…a ellos-ellas |
Examples:
She gave some exercises to us
They sent me some abstracts to my mail
Of course, I want to see him in class
Most of them come from lower income families
Years of study gave her a lot of theoretical knowledge
PLEASE TRANSLATE THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.
3-POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS
Estos pronombres no pueden preceder un nombre. Son pronombres y por lo tanto reemplazan un nombre que es inferido por el contexto.
SINGULAR | PLURAL |
MINE... mio, mia YOURS... tuyo,a HIS... de él HERS... de ella ITS... de el-ella | OURS… de nosotros,as YOURS … de uds THEIRS… de ellos-ellas |
Examples:
This is my pendrive. This is mine
Her dress is red and my dress is green. Hers is red and mine is green
I forgot my translation exercise. Alfred forgot his too
Our thesis theme is interesting. Ours is interesting
PLEASE TRANSLATE THE PREVIOUS EXAMPLES.
4-REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS
Estos pronombres normalmente van inmediatamente después del verbo o al final de la oración e indican que el sujeto genera y recibe la acción del verbo.
También se utilizan para dar énfasis e indica que es la persona quien ejecuta la acción y no otra.
SINGULAR | PLURAL |
MYSELF... yo mismo,a YOURSELF...tu mismo,a HIMSELF.. él mismo HERSELF.. ella misma ITSELF... el-ella mismo,a | OURSELVES..nosotros, as mismos,as YOURSELVES … uds mismos,as THEMSELVES… ellos-ellas os,as |
Examples:
a-Mary installed herself the new programme in her computer
b-Mary installed the new programme in her computer herself
c-Mary herself installed the new programme in her computer
1-We hurt ourselves playing football
2-You can see the differences for yourself
3-The dog itself caught the ball
4-They solved the Maths problems by themselves
