Pronouns – Possessive Pronouns – Prisvojne zamenice u engleskom jeziku

Prisvojne zamenice u engleskom jeziku i njihovu primenu odlikuju određena pravila. Proučimo ih zajedno.

Apostrof + s (-‘s) za ljude ili životinje

• I stayed at my grandmother’s house.
• What is your uncle’s name?
• Don’t step on the dog’s tail.

Možemo upotrebiti -‘s bez imenice u nastavku:

• This isn’t my phone. It’s my mum’s.

Upamtite, ne koristimo nastavak -‘s posle duge grupe reči:

• my friend’s father     ali
• the father of the man we met yesterday (not the man we met yesterday’s father)

Takođe, kažemo:

• a girl’s hat (= a hat for a girl), a man’s name (= a name for a man), a father’s belt (a belt for a father) etc.

Prisvojne zamenice u engleskom jeziku odlikuju i druga pravila.

Koristimo -‘s sa imenicama u jednini: 

• my brother’s car, a friend’s house, Ms Johnson’s flat, Mr Black’s daughter, etc.

Apostrof (‘) upotrebljavamo nakon imenice u množini:

• my brothers’ car (their car), my friends’ house (their house), the Johnsons’ flat (their flat), the Blacks’ daughter (their daughter – Ms and Mr Black), etc.

Kada imenica u množini ne završava na -s, moramo upotrebiti -‘s:

• the women’s changing room, the children’s pet, the men’s table, etc.

Oblik -‘s možemo koristiti nakon više imenica:

• John, Mike and Ann’s cousins, Ms and Mr Smith’s house, etc.

Obično of koristimo kada govorimo o idejama, stvarima, etc. Pogledajmo neke od najčešćih primera kada imamo prisvojne zamenice u engleskom jeziku.

• the name of the novel,  the temperature of the room,  the owner of the shop,  etc.

The beginning/end/middle of … / the top/bottom of … / the front/back/side of…  

• the beginning of the book, the middle of the day, the top of the mountain, the front of the body, etc.

-‘s ili of … koristimo uz reč organizacija (an  organisation) koja označava grupu ljudi:

• the government’s policy statement      or
• the policy statement of the government

-‘s za mesto:

• Serbia’s prime minister, the town’s streets, the country’s population, etc.

-‘s za vreme (today’s, next week’s, Friday’s, etc.):

• Where did you put yesterday’s newspaper?
• This evening’s meeting has been rescheduled.

-‘s (ili-s’ uz imenice u množini) za izraze koji označavaju vremenski period: 

• Harry has got two weeks’ holiday.
• She lives near the bus station. It’s only ten minutes’ walk.