GOOD DAY EVERYONE. NOW, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR REPORTING AND WE WILL START WITH
PRONOUNS.
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Before we begin our topic let me read this paragraph first. Zendaya is a Hollywood actress.
Zendaya also loves to sing and dance. Zendaya is pretty and intelligent, which is why Zendaya is
loved by Zendaya's fans. So my question to you is what is wrong with this paragraph and why it
is uncomfortable or ugly to hear? Is there anyone who would like to share their thoughts about
the paragraph on why it seems so wrong?
YES, ALMIRA
IF NONE, I WILL CALL SOMEONE.
THAT’S RIGHT
OKAAY
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So the answer to that question is because it lacks of pronoun which is why there is a redundancy
reflected in the paragraph. What if we will try to use pronouns in this paragraph? Maybe it will
go like this: Zendaya is a Hollywood actress. She also loves to sing and dance. She is pretty and
intelligent, which is why she is loved by her fans.
As you can see, the paragraph is now pleasant and intelligent to hear because we applied
pronouns to it.
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So, given this example, we can now acknowledge that pronoun is used to replace nouns.
But why are pronouns important when in fact, we can use nouns, right? Just like the example
earlier, if we hear nouns simultaneously, it is tiresome to hear, right? Sa bisaya pa, kapoy siya
paminawon because of its redundancy and in some instances, it can be confusing to its listeners.
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Moving forward, since we already know what is a pronoun, we can now explore its different
types. There are six types of pronouns and let’s start with demonstrative pronoun.
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So, demonstrative pronouns are words that point to specific things.
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There are several pronouns that are used in demonstrative pronouns such as this and these.
This and These refers to things that are nearby, either in space or in time. The difference of this
two is the THIS with an I is singular while the other one is plural.
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For example, this is a pen. As you can see in the picture, the person is just holding a single pen
and it is nearby him which is why we use the demonstrative pronoun of THIS in a sentence.
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Same goes with THESE. The person is holding more than one pen and it is nearby him which is
why we use THESE as a pronoun.
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Meanwhile, That and Those refer to things that are farther away in space or time. That is a
singular and Those is plural.
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For example, THAT is a pen. This means that the person who is talking is referring to a pen that
is distant to her.
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And THOSE will be used in a sentence if the person is referring to something that is distant to
her just like in the example.
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Moving on, the next type of pronoun is Relative pronoun. So, Relative pronouns are used to link
two statements about a person or thing.
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For instance, Mike found the keys that he had lost. The THAT here is a relative pronoun which
introduces the relative clause WHICH IS that he had lost.
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So, let’s remember that the relative pronouns uses the pronouns who, whom, which, whose,
and that.
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The relative pronoun of who and whom are both implies the subject or object pronoun for
people. But it may cause confusion because it has both a subject form and an object form. The
key to choosing between these forms is to see what the pronoun is doing in its own clause.
To elaborate, when we talk about WHO, the pronoun is the subject of the verb in the dependent
clause. Note ko lang ha na dependent clause are group of words that does not express a
complete thought.
Going back, let’s take this example of who. The people who just boarded the plane are in a rock
band. As you can see, the pronoun is subject of the verb boarded.
Meanwhile, WHOM is used if the pronoun is the object of the verb in the dependent clause.
For example, The cousin whom we met at the family reunion is coming to visit. As you can see,
the pronoun is object of the preposition with.
Furthermore, WHOSE is used when asking or telling to whom something belongs. Let’s have
the example of whose which is And whose sheep are these? As you can see, it is implying to
who’s the owner of the sheep or in other words, it is telling kung kinsay nanag iya ana.
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By the way, if confused gihapon mo sa WHO and WHOM, here are some tips in using them. We
will use WHO for he, she, they, we personal pronouns.
For example; The people who just boarded the plane are in a rock band. We will change the
noun into its PERSONAL pronoun and it will become “They just boarded the plane— since we
used THEY as a pronoun, therefore, we will use who.”
On the other hand, we will use WHOM for him, her, them, us personal pronouns. For example:
The boy whom we met at the family reunion is coming to visit. Just like the first example, we will
change the noun into personal pronoun. It will become “We met him at the family reunion”
since we use HIM as a pronoun, therefore, we will use use whom.
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Moving on, when we talk about which, it is a subject or object pronoun and it adds information
to objects, people, situations, etcetera. It is also considered as non-defining relative clause
because it tells us more about the subject of a sentence, but the information doesn't help to
define what we're talking about. In other words, the information included not essential for
understanding the sentence.
For example, I read the book which is on the table. As you can see, the person who is talking is
referring to an object which is the book and after that, adds an information to the object but it
doesn’t define the book that is why we will use WHICH as a pronoun. The clause “I read the
book” can stand alone since the clause “is on the table” is not defining the book.
On the other hand, the relative pronoun THAT is used to indicate a specific object, item, person,
condition, etc. It is considered defining clause since it gives essential information to define or
identify the person or thing we are talking about.
For example, Lisa wore the shoes that she bought in Italy. We will use THAT instead of WHICH
since it defined the shoes that Lisa wore.
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Let’s have a quick review of the topic. Which relative pronoun do you think this sentence fits?
And why? The first one to guess the answer will receive an award later.
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Next slide please. So the correct answer WHOSE since it talks about belongingness.
Congratulations _____! I will message you later for your prize.
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Moving on, the next type of pronoun is Indefinite Pronouns. It is a pronoun that is undefined.
To make sense, it replaces a noun in a sentence to show that the noun or the amount of nouns
is unknown.
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These are the singular form of personal pronouns. An example to this is “I swear I won’t tell
anyone this secret.” Anyone here is personal pronoun in a singular form.
The plural’s example naman is Both are guilty. The Both here is considered as plural in
personal pronoun.
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The next type of Pronoun is interrogative pronoun. It is a pronoun used to ask a question. For
example, Who are you?
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Let’s remember that these are the pronouns used in interrogative pronoun. It seems identical
with relative pronoun but the only difference between them is interrogative pronoun asks
questions.
The next pronoun will be PERSONAL PRONOUN which refers to the speaker, the person
spoken to, and the person spoken about. For example, She is a Hollywood actress. The she
here is considered as personal pronoun since it substituted the proper name of the person.
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So these are the pronouns used in personal pronouns.
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Before we proceed to the next reporter, let’s have a quick review. What do you think is the
pronoun that fits these sentences. Let’s start with the first one. Lucy is ................ dog. They
like it very much.
Correct! The answer is their because the second sentence is THEY which implies that the first
sentence is plural.
How about the second one?
Right! The answer is us since the second sentence is plural.
That’s it for my report. Let’s proceed to the next reporter which is Miss Calnawe.