Pronouns
Un pronombre es una palabra que ocupa el lugar de un sustantivo. He aquí los distintos tipos de pronombre en lengua inglesa.
Pronombres Sujeto
Los pronombres sujeto sustituyen al sustantivo que es sujeto de la frase.
He would like to sit down.
They are not happy with their meal.
That building is so big it blocks the sun.
She hadn't thought about how many people would be coming to dinner.
We would like to sit at a window table.
Pronombres Objeto
Los pronombres objeto sustituyen al sustantivo objeto de la frase.
Come with us to the movies.
Take her to the hospital if she is sick
Amelia won't bring it home.
Your friend wants to play with you.
Tell him I said no thank you.
Pronombres Posesivos
Los pronombres posesivos sustituyen a los sustantivos como sujeto u objeto de una frase.
That bike is not hers.
His one is not the same.
Theirs is the green one.
That’s mine!
The red house is ours.
Pronombres Reflexivos
Los pronombres reflexivos se utilizan cuando el sujeto de la frase es el mismo que el objeto del verbo de la frase.
She hurt herselfplaying tennis.
They can cook for themselves this weekend
He blamed himself for the accident.
You can show yourself out.
Pronombres Intensivos
Estos pronombres enfatizan el sujeto. Un pronombre intensivo es diferente de un pronombre reflexivo porque puede eliminarse sin alterar el significado de la frase.
The President himself ordered them to stop.
The event itself went really well.
The lawyers themselves couldn't even figure it out.
We would love to make all of the arrangements ourselves.
Pronombres Indefinidos
Los pronombres indefinidos no se refieren a una persona, cantidad o cosa concreta. Se colocan en la misma posición que los sustantivos.
| Everyone | He told everyone to take out their pens. |
| Everybody | Everybody needs to take a holiday once in a while. |
| Everywhere | They looked everywhere for the lost cat. |
| Everything | I did everything I could but it was no good. |
| Someone | Is there someone who can help me? |
| Somebody | Somebody. left their bag behind. |
| Somewhere | Let’s go somewhere fun on the weekend. |
| Something | He dropped something on his way out. |
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| Anybody | Does anybody here know first aid? |
| Someone | Is there someone who can help me? |
| Somebody | Somebody. left their bag behind. |
| Somewhere | Let’s go somewhere fun on the weekend. |
| Something | He dropped something on his way out. |
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| Anybody | Does anybody here know first aid? |
| Anywhere | Don’t go anywhere, I’ll be right back. |
| Anything | Do you have anything you want to say to me? |
| No one | Sorry, no one here is interested. |
| Nobody | Nobody wants to eat here, let’s go somewhere else. |
| Nowhere | I have nowhere to go. |
| Nothing | There is nothing to do here, it's so boring. |
Preguntas
Las preguntas se forman cuando utilizamos pronombres indefinidos con las palabras "cada", "algunos" y "cualquiera". La respuesta a estas preguntas suele ser "sí" o "no".
Did everyone eat already?
Have you done anything interesting today?
Has he been everywhere he needed to go?
Preguntas Negativas
Estas preguntas pueden hacerse negativas utilizando la siguiente estructura. La respuesta esperada a estas preguntas es "no".
Didn’t everyone eat already?
Haven’t you done anything interesting today?
Hasn’t he been everywhere he needed to go?
Las preguntas con el pronombre indefinido "algunos" pueden hacerse negativas de la siguiente manera. La respuesta esperada a este tipo de preguntas es "sí".
Aren’t you looking for something like this?
Don’t I know you from somewhere?
Shouldn’t somebody be watching the children?
Wouldn’t someone like to try these cakes?