Showing posts with label whoever. Show all posts
Showing posts with label whoever. Show all posts

May 14, 2011

Who, Whom, Whose

Hey poeple!

Today we're gonna learn the difference among Who, Whom and Whose. Observe these sentences:

Who wrote this book? It's so amazing!
I know exactly whom I'm going to support in the upcoming election.
Whose dictionary is that?

Who is a subject pronoun, like "I", "You", "They"... We use Who to ask which person does/did the action:
Who created the answering machine?
Who said we're fat?
I know  who you are!

Whom is used like an object pronoun ("Him", "Her", "Us"). It express which person received the action:
Whom are you going to invite to your Birthday party?
Whom would like to hire for this job?
They hired the man whom we hurted last week!

Whose is a possessive pronoun like "His", "Her", "My". We use it to know which person something belongs to. Observe the examples:
Whose car is going down the street? 
Whose dog is barking outside?
This is the girl whose boyfriend is my cousin.

If you don't understand this, please, read it again and again 'till you understand. It's easy!

In the next post, some exercises, don't miss it.

See you!

February 11, 2011

Whatever, Whoever, Whenever, Wherever, Whichever, However

Hello guys!

Você conhece as palavras abaixo?
Whatever
Whoever
Whenever
Wherever
Whichever
However

Você pode ver que elas são a mistura de duas palavras, não é (Por exemplo, Whatever = What + ever)?

Agora, tente traduzir essas frases:
Wherever you go, don't forget your identity.
Call me whenever you want!

Consegui descobrir o significado dessas palavras?
Não?
Então eu digo:

Como você percebeu, a palavra é dividida em duas, um pronome interrogativo e "ever". Essa junção faz com que essas duas palavras ganhem outro significado. Veja:

Wherever you go, don't forget your identity.
Onde que que você vá, não esqueça sua identidade.

Call me whenever you want!
Me ligue quando quer que (ou apenas "quando") você quiser!

However é usado como conjunção (embora, no entanto, contudo, todavia) e geralmente aparece no meio de frases.
I love you, however you don't know me...


Por hoje é só...

See you!