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Lecţia
5: Pronumele
5.1. Functia
pronumelui
Pronumele sunt cuvinte
lipsite de inteles de sine statator. Ele nu
denumesc si nu caracterizeaza nimic, functia lor fiind aceea de a
inlocui un
substantiv, facand astfel referire la o idee, obiect sau actiune
mentionate
anterior sau cunoscuta de catre interlocutor.
Ex.: John did all the work.
He did all the work.
Who did all the work?
5.2. Forma
pronumelui
Pronumele au forme
specifice in functie de:
Numar: singular - this; plural - these
Caz: Nominativ - she; Genitiv - hers; Dativ - to
her;
Acuzativ - her
Gen: masculin - he; Feminin - she; neutru - it
Pronumele pot fi simple (you,
which, many) sau compuse (everybody,
whatever, no one).
5.3. Clasificarea
pronumelor
Dupa continut si functie
pronumele pot fi:
Personale
Reflexive
Nehotarate
Demonstrative
Relative
De întarire
Interogative
Reciproce
I se scrie intotdeauna cu
majuscula.
Its (pronume) nu
are apostrof.
It's vine de la it is sau it has
Forme arhaice si
poetice: pers. II sg. - thou, thine, (to) thee
I gave
him the book.
He ran the London Marathon.
It's a pleasure to him.
I only played against her once.
These books are ours.
Is this pen yours or mine?
You / They
impersonal - putem folosi aceste doua pronume
pentru a vorbi despre oameni in general.
Ex.: You have to drive on the other side of the road
in Great
Britain.
They say she's very clever.
It - poate
indeplini o serie de functii de mare importanta:
It impersonal
(in expresii impersonale
temporale, exprimand starea vremii, distante sau in contructii pasive)
Ex.: It's 7 o'clock.
It was spring.
Is it Monday?
How hot it is!
How far is it to the station?
It demostrativ
Ex.: Who is it? It's the postman.
It's the children.
5.3.2. Pronumele
reflexive
Acestea insotesc un verb
si se refera la subiect. Se folosesc atunci cand
subiectul si complementul direct se refera la aceeasi persoana.
Forme:
Singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
Plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Ex.: I wanted to do
it myself but he insisted on helping me.
She fell off the ladder and injured herself.
You can do thse tasks by yourself or with a partner.
After five minutes, it will automatically turn itself down.
Let's buy ourselves a chair for the garden.
They built the house themselves.
5.3.3. Pronumele
nehotarate
Some, any, every
se pot combina cu -one, -body, -thing
pentru a obtine pronumele nehotarate: anyone, anybody, anything,
someone,
somebody, something, everyone, everybody, everything.
No poate forma
impreuna cu -body sau -one pronumele:
nobody, no-one
Atat in engleza britanica
cat si in cea americana, pronumele nehotarate anyone,
anybody, someone, somebody, everyone, everybody, no-one sunt din
punct de
vedere gramatical la singular si trebuie folosite cu un verb la
singular.
Alte pronume
nehotarate:
enough, few, fewer, less, little, many, much, several, more, most,
all,
both, every, each, any, either, neither, none, some.
De retinut!
Daca acestea forme preceda un substantiv nu mai sunt pronume, ci
determinanti
substantivali.
Ex.: Few will be chosen; fewer will finish.
Little is expected.
5.3.4. Pronumele
demonstrativ
Pronumele demostrative: this,
these, that, those, such pot
functiona atat ca pronume, cat si ca determinanti substantivali.
Ex.: That is incredible! (referring to something you just saw)
I will never forget this. (referring to a recent experience)
Such is my belief. (referring to an explanation just made)
This si these
sugereaza ideea de apropiere temporala sau
spatiala, pe cand that si those sugereaza ideea de
departare.
Ex.: These (pancakes sitting here now on my plate) are delicious.
Those (pancakes that I had yesterday morning) were even better.
This (book in my hand) is well written; that (book that I'm pointing
to, over
there, on the table) is trash.
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Aceasta idee de departare
se poate transforma chiar in dispret sau
instrainare afectiva:
Ex.: Are you going to wear these? (They are awful. I do not
like them
at all.)
Can you belive I would have bought that?
5.3.5. Pronumele
relative
Pronumele relativ face
referire la un substantiv sau inlocuitor
substantival mentionat in contextul aterior (antecedent) si leaga
propozitia
sau grupul de cuvinte care explica sau da mai multe detalii despre
substantivul
antecedent de propozitia continand substantivul determinat.
Pronumele relative sunt :
who, whoever, which, that.
Ex.: The student who studies hardest usually does the best.
Alegerea corecta dintre which
si that se inscrie printre
cele mai frecvente nelamuriri ale studentilor la limba engleza. In
general, which
se foloseste pentru a introduce propozitii care au natura de paranteze,
explicatii suplimentare dar care pot fi inlaturate sau omise fara a
schimba
intelesul frazei. Din acest motiv propozitiile introduse prin which
sunt
in general intre virgule. Din contra propozitiile introduse de that
sunt
considerate indispensabile sensului frazei si nu se vor pune intre
virgule.
Who si formele
sale se refera la persoane, which se refera
la lucruri, iar that poate face referire la ambele.
Ex.: The man who hijacked the plane wanted to get to Cuba.
The couple who live next door have the radio on all night.
The team that won the champoionship received a great reception.
This is the programme which won the prize.
We'll plant new trees to replce those which fell.
5.3.6. Pronumele de
intarire
Insoteste substantive sau
pronume personale pentru a le sublinia. Ca
forma sunt identice cu pronumele reflexive:
Singular: myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself
Plural: ourselves, yourselves, themselves
Ex.: I myself
don't know the answer.
Mary did all this herself.
Mary herself did all this.
Expresii: by
myself = singur, de unul singur
Ex.: I worked by myself.
Little Jane read the story by herself.
5.3.7. Pronumele
interogativ
Pronumele interogative
introduc intrebari, propozitii interogative
directe sau indirecte.
Forme: who? what? which? whose? (to) whom?
Ex.: Who said that?
Whose are those books?
I do not remember to whom I gave my sweter.
What happened?
What's the weather like?
5.3.8. Pronumele
reciproce
Forme: each
other si one another. Se folosesc pentru
a exprima relatii de reciprocitate intre fiinte, idei, lucruri.
Ex.: If Bob gave Alicia a book for Christmas and Alicia gave Bob a
book for
Christmas, we can say that they gave each other books.
My mother and I give each other a hard time.
They borrowed each other's ideas.
De retinut! Each other
se refera la doua obiecte, pe cand one
another face referire la mai mult de doua obiecte sau fiinte.
Ex.: The scientists in this lab often use one another's
equipment.
Hockey playes hit one another quite frequently
1. Completeaza
pronumele personale care lipsesc:
The other day when I was shopping a woman stopped _me_ and asked
___ the
way to the post office. ___ gave her directions and ___ thanked ___
politely,
then ran off quickly in the opposite direction. ___ put my hand in my
pocket
and found that my wallet was missing. ___ must have taken it while ___
were
talking. ___ shouted and ran after ___ but ___ was no good. ___ had
dissapeared
in the crowd.
2. Completeaza
urmatoarele propozitii cu pronume:
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I did it ___
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She gave ___ to ___
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We made the dinner ___
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They bought ___ in Singapore.
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My pen is blue; ___ is green. This
pen is blue
so it is ___
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I can't do this. Can ___ help me?
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Don't give your cats a bath. They
wash ___
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He saved his money so that he could
buy ... a
bycicle.
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___ knows some words in English like
okay, hi
and bye.
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___ the students passed the exam.
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Can you tell ___ the time?
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It rained so ___ went for a walk.
3. Puzzle:
There are some books on a shelf. There a three big ones and two small
ones. One
of the big ones is red. There is a small green book. There are two
green ones
altogether and two blue ones. Only one of the small books is green.
Acum raspunde la urmatoarele intrebari:
3.1. - How many books are there altogether?
3.2. - What colour are the big books?
3.3. - What colour are the small ones?
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