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POSESIVOS
Los adjetivos posesivos se utilizan para indicar quien tiene la
propiedad sobre una(s) cosa(s). En ingls, distinguimos entre uno o
ms propietarios y, cuando hay un solo propietario, tambin
distinguimos su gnero.
I have a car. // Its my car. You have a car. // Its your car.He has a
car. // Its his car.
She has a car. // Its her car.We have a car. // Its our car.They have a
car. // Its their car.
Hay tambin una serie de pronombres posesivos que sustituyen a la
construccin adjetivo posesivo + nombre: Its my car. // Its mine. Its
your car. // Its yours. Its his car. // Its his. Its her car. // Its hers. Its
its car. // Its its. Its our car. // Its ours. Its your car. // Its yours. Its
their car. // Its theirs.
Existe otra serie de formas pronominales que se utilizan cuando el
pronombre tiene una funcin de complemento (directo, indirecto, o de
una preposicin): I / me, you / you, he / him, she / her, it /
it, we
/
us, you / you, they/ them.
Los adjetivos van detrs del verbo to be: This dress is red.
2. La forma de los adjetivos: Los adjetivos en ingls no tienen plural.
They are beautiful, intelligent and friendly girls.
LOS DEMOSTRATIVOS
Forma:
Singular (cerca): this
Uso:
this / these se utilizan para hablar de objetos o personas que estn
cerca del locutor:
Can I have this piece of cake?
that /those se utilizan para hablar de objetos o personas que estn
lejos del locutor:
Can you pass me that dictionary over there?
de
simultaneidad),
1. who se utiliza para personas: The man who lives on the second
floor is a doctor.
2. which se utiliza para objetos / animales: The book which you gave
me is interesting.
3. that puede sustituir tanto a who como a which en un registro ms
informal: The man that lives //The book that you gave me is
4. whom puede sustituir a who cuando este cumple una funcin de
complemento en la frase relativa. Tambin puede ser omitido: The
man (who / whom) you saw is my brother
5. whose es un pronombre relativo posesivo que se utiliza siempre
en conjunto con un segundo nombre ( el objeto de la posesin).
Whose no se puede ometer. I saw the boy whose father is a doctor.
6. which puede tambin tener como referente a toda una frase: He
got married again a year later, which surprised everybody.
Las conjunciones relativas:
1. where tiene como antecedente a un sustantivo que hace
referencia a un sitio: Its the place where I was born.
2. when tiene como antecedente a un sustantivo que hace
referencia a una nocin temporal: The year when I was born was very
cold.
3. why tiene como antecedente el sustantivo reason: The reason
why I am here is to convince you to come to the party.