Possessive Pronouns

什么是所有格代词？

Jim's book.

Girish's hat.

所有格代词也叫物主代词。

物主代词描述了属于某人的某物，比如“her shoe”或者“the book is mine”。

物主代词可以是**形容词(Adjective)，比如“his bicycle”。或者可以作为名词(Noun)，像“the seats are theirs”。这两种形式下都不需要标明撇号** ' 来说明归属于，所以“我们的”是ours而不是our's，yours也不能写成your's。

Like Adjectives	Like Nouns
my	mine
our	ours
your	yours
her	hers
his	his
it	its
their	theirs

For instance

That is my book. // 那是我的书。(my ---> Adj, "my"修饰和描述"book")

That book is mine. // 那本书是我的。(mine ---> Noun，人称代词作名词)

形容词性物主代词修饰和描述对象，通常与对象连用。

辨别名词性物主代词

有些语境下的名词性物主代词是独立于对象的，即使语句中没有出现对象，该名词性物主代词亦可单独表示该对象。

• 人称代词作名词性物主代词
• 单独表示对象的名词性物主代词（对立于对象）

情景：Jim's book.

Jim, where is your book?

Mine is on the bedside table. // (Noun, 这里没有出现"book", "Mine"可以单独表示"book")

More for instance

情景：Girish has a very nice hat.

That is Girish's hat. // (Possessive Pronoun)

That is his hat. // (Adj)

That hat is his. // (Noun, 人称代词作名词)

His is the hat with polka dots. // (Noun，单独表示对象)