DETERIMINER POSSESSIVE QUANTIFIERS POSSESSIVE Possessives are words that

DETERIMINER POSSESSIVE QUANTIFIERS

POSSESSIVE Possessives are words that indicate ownership or belonging. The possiessives are underlined in the sentences below. 1. I sold my car. 2. Betty’s neighbor is an architect. The possessive in sentence 1 is called a possessive pronoun; the possessive in sentence 2 is called a possessive proper noun. Notice that just like articles and demonstrative, possessive pronouns and possessive proper nouns can appear directly before a noun.

Possessive Pronouns There are just a few possessive pronouns that function as determiner. These are commonly referred to as possessive pronoun with determiner function or possessive adjectives. We will call them simply determiner possessive pronouns. Determiner Possessive Pronouns Meaning My (milik) –ku Your (milik) –mu His (milik) –nya (laki-laki) Her (milik) –nya (perempuan) Its (milik) –nya (selain manusia) Our (milik) kita Their (milik) mereka

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Possessive Proper Nouns The possessive proper nouns are underlined in this next sentence: I saw Mary’s cat chase Mrs. Smith’s dog, which ran across Jim’s yard. In possessive proper noun, we cannot generally put more than one determiner. Look at the following example: • *The Mary’s hat is new. (INCORRECT) • The girl’s hat is new. (CORRECT because it is a possessive common noun)

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QUANTIFIERS There are words, such as ‘every’ and ‘several’, that indicate amount, or quantity, and these are called quantifiers. Quantifiers can act as determiner; that is, they can come bofore and introduce a noun. The determiners are underlined in the following sentences: 1. All businesses need to have a budget. 2. Some people like eating eel. 3. She enjoyed few things as much as food. Other quantifiers: enough, each, both, every, no, several, etc.

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