your
determiner
ukstrong/jɔːr/weak/jər/usstrong/jʊr/weak/jɚ/yourdeterminer(PERSON/PEOPLE ADDRESSED)
A1
belongingorrelatingto thepersonorgroupofpeoplebeingspokenor written to:
你的；您的；你们的Is this yourbag?这是你的包吗？
It's not yourfault.这不是你的错。
Yourmotherisdrivingmecrazy.你母亲快把我逼疯了。
What's yourproblem?你怎么了？
- Put yourtoysaway now - it'stimeforbed.
- Are you still intouchwith any of youroldschoolfriends?
- Shall Itopup yourdrink?
- Thegreenof yourscarftonesin with yourshoes.
- I'msorryIforgottomentionyourname. I just wasn'tthinking.
Linguistics: possessive forms
- hers
- his
- its
- mine
- my
- our
- ours
- S, s
- the
- their
- theirs
- thine
- thy
- us
- yer
- yours
yourdeterminer(PEOPLE GENERALLY)
B1
belongingorrelatingtopeoplegenerally:
（泛指）你的，任何人的Ofcourseyouwantthebestfor yourchildren.当然人人都希望给自己的孩子们最好的。
Garlic is good for yourblood.大蒜对血液有益。
informal
said before atypicalexampleof something is given:
（用在典型事例前）（你们）常说的This isn't yourusualsciencefictionnovel, but then Brinkworth isn'texactlyyourtypicalauthor.这并非我们常说的科幻小说，而布尔克沃思也不完全是我们说的那种典型作家。
- After you've had ababyyoulosethemuscletonein yourstomach.
- Theblurbon the back of thebooksays that it 'willtouchyourheart'.
- This is theeasiestway totopup yourmobilephonecard.
- On theplane, theflightattendantbringsyou atoweletteafter yourmeal.
- A gooddietand plenty ofexercisewillhelpyou tokeepyourbodyhealthy.
Linguistics: possessive forms
- hers
- his
- its
- mine
- my
- our
- ours
- S, s
- the
- their
- theirs
- thine
- thy
- us
- yer
- yours
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Grammar
Pronouns: possessive (my,mine,your,yours, etc.)
We use pronouns to refer to possession and ‘belonging’. There are two types: possessive pronouns and possessive determiners. We use possessive determiners before a noun. We use possessive pronouns in place of a noun:…