A friend of
mine,
my own house.
On my own /
by myself
(a) A friend of mine /
yours / his / hers / theirs.
(а не `a friend of
me/ you / him' и т.д..):
A friend
of mine... A friend
of Mary's...
- We went to the
country with some friends of
ours.
(а не `some friends of
us')
- Ted quarreled
with a sister of
his.
- It was a good
suggestion of yours to celebrate my
birthday
in the
forest.
- That lady over
there is a friend of my
mother's.
- It was
a good idea of Sam's to go
fishing.
(b) My own .../ your
...
и
т.д.
own
используется только с личными местоимения,
а не с артиклем (нельзя
употреблять `an own flat',
`an own
computer', и
т.д.):
my / your /
his / its / our / their
my
own falt your
own house her
own computer
My own
...= что-то, что
принадлежит только мне:
- Do many young
people in the USA have their own
house? (а не
`an own
house')
- He doesn't want
to share with anyone. He wants his own
room.
-
Unfortunately the flat hasn't got its own
entrance.
- It's
your own fault that you've no
job.
- Why do
you want to take my car? Why can't you use your
own?
Мы
употребляем...own...,
чтобы сказать, что мы
делаем что-то сами, а не
кто-то это делает за
нас.
Например:
- Jess always cuts
her own nails.
(= она стрижет
их сама; она не
ходит к
парикмахеру)
- Does he grow
his own vegetables?
(= выращиваете
ли вы их сами
в саду, вместо того, чтобы
покупать их в магазине?)
(c) On my own / by
myself
On my own
и by myself
оба означают alone.
|
on
my/your/his/her/its/our/their |
own |
|
by
myself/yourself/himself/herself/itself
by
ourselves/yourselves/themselves |
ед.число
мн.число |
- Mary likes
living
on her own / by
herself.
- Did you
come
on your own / by
yourself?
- Fred was
sitting
on his own / by
himself
in his room.
- Little children
are not allowed to swim on their
own /
by themselves.
Что
касается myself/yourself
и т.д. смотри также
Unit
81.
