Types of Pronouns and Examples in Indonesian

Some types of words which have been discussed, among others types of adverbs, types of repeat words, types of verbs, types of prepositions, and types of adjectives. On this occasion, the discussion will focus on the types of word replace in Indonesian. Have a good study.

Definition of Pronoun

A pronoun is a type of word that functions to replace a certain noun or person that is not directly mentioned. The term for the pronoun is referred to as pronoun. The use of pronouns is intended so that a sentence is conveyed more effective and not wordy.

Features of Pronouns

Pronouns have several characteristics, including:

• Pronouns are usually found in the position of the subject and object, but do not rule out the position of the predicate.
• Reference pronouns are not fixed or move depending on who is being spoken to.
• Pronouns adjust the context of the sentence.

Types of Pronouns

Pronouns in the language Indonesia divided into several types, as follows:

1. Person Pronoun

Personal pronouns are also known as

personal pronoun. personal pronoun is a type of pronoun that is used to replace the noun person (person) with another noun. This type of pronoun is divided into 6 types, namely the first person singular pronoun, the first person plural pronoun, the word second person singular, second person plural, third person singular, and third person pronoun plural.

Single	Plural
First person	me, me, daku	we, we
second person	you, you, you	you, all of you
The third person	he, she, he	they

Example:

1. I worked hard since childhood to achieve the ideals of father and mother.
2. You there's no need to talk about all the bad guys.
3. thank you you been helping my family all this time.
4. We keep bothering the new student.
5. He sitting pensively in the corner of the school since this morning.
6. They very hysterical after being crowned the overall champion.
7. We cannot achieve success without the participation of teachers.
8. The obstacle that you face is just the beginning of a long journey.
9. You all will feel karma when hurting parents.
10. Me always cry when he hears the outpouring of an orphan's heart.

2. Questioner Pronoun

The second type of pronoun is the pen pronoun, or often referred to as interrogative pronoun. This type of pronoun is used to ask for a specific time, place, person, or situation. This pronoun is used to dig information on an incident.

• Questioner of time: when.
• Questioner of place: where, to where.
• Questioner: who, what.
• The questioner of certain circumstances: how, why, why.

Example:

1. When Will the construction of this school continue?
2. Where where is the new principal's office?
3. Where gone all the people of this village?
4. Who who will continue the struggle for the intellectual life of the nation?
5. How government can handle all these disasters?
6. Why no one takes firm action against the gang of thugs?

3. Owner/Owner Pronoun

possessive pronoun is another name for the owner pronoun. This pronoun is used to express a substitute for possession. The pronouns belonging to the owner pronoun are -ku, -mu, her, we, them. This pronoun is placed at the end of the word.

Example:

1. Bookmy lost somewhere since Doni borrowed it.
2. Writingyour like a doctor's writing.
3. Donations we lost, robbed by a gang of thugs in the middle of the forest.
4. Weeping they turned out to be fruitless.
5. Hard workhis underestimated by all citizens village.

4. Connecting Pronoun

relative pronouns or a connecting pronoun is used as a link between the main clause and the subordinate clause. An example of a connecting pronoun is that. These connecting pronouns are often found in compound sentences. This is because in a compound sentence a conjunction is needed (conjunction) to connect main clause and child sentence.

Example:

1. Home that green is always crowded by children.
2. Mom makes food that very tasty.
3. Someone that leaning on a power pole is the head of the RT in this area.

5. Pointing Pronoun

Pronouns that are used to indicate a location or an object are referred to as demonstrative pronouns or demonstrative pronoun. Demonstrative pronoun It is divided into 3 types, namely general pointers, place pointers, and things/events.

• General pointers: this, that.
• Place markers: there, here, there, there, here, there, there, here, there.
• Pointer of things/things: this, that.

Example:

1. Home this is proof of father's struggle and hard work.
2. Air here very fresh and comforting.
3. Go there while I'll stay here!
4. state this way which makes Rani not feel comfortable at home.
5. Tool that didn't work at all when the aftershock occurred.

6. Indefinite Pronoun

The last type of pronoun is the indefinite pronoun. This type of pronoun is used to indicate something whose information is still not clearly known, either in form or in amount. Indefinite pronouns between something, someone, whomever, each, para.

Example:

1. Wait here, Ani will bring something for you.
2. There is someone who has been watching you all day.
3. Para Parents are asked to always supervise their children while at home.
4. Whoever found a purple purse please hand it over to the police station.
5. Each students take their lunch rations in the school canteen.

7. Intratextual and Extratextual Pronouns

These two types of pronouns are the types of pronouns that are seen from relation to the noun (noun) it replaces. Intratextual pronouns are pronouns that replace nouns in an article/reading/conversation. While extratextual pronouns replace nouns that are outside an article/reading/conversation. To make it clearer, consider the following example:

• With a soft voicehis, Amelia able to melt the hearts of his parents to give permission to go abroad. (pronouns his clearly points to Amelia)
• That which makes Indri always angry for this week. (pronouns -that not clear what to replace)

Thus the discussion of the article regarding the types of pronouns and examples in language Indonesia. Hopefully the explanations and examples presented will help you in your studies.