| 翻訳と辞書 |
| Who (pronoun) ： ウィキペディア英語版 |
Who (pronoun)
The pronoun ''who'', in English, is an interrogative pronoun and a relative pronoun, used chiefly to refer to humans.
Its derived forms include ''whom'', an objective form the use of which is now generally confined to formal English; the possessive form ''whose''; and the emphatic form ''whoever'' (also ''whosoever'' and ''whom(so)ever''; see also ''-ever'').
==Etymology==
The word ''who'' derives from the Old English ''hwā''. The spelling ''who'' does not correspond to the word's pronunciation ; it is the spelling that represents the expected outcome of ''hwā'', while the pronunciation represents a divergent outcome – for details see Pronunciation of English ⟨wh⟩. The word is cognate with Latin ''quis'' and Greek ''ποιός''.
The forms ''whom'' and ''whose'' derive respectively from the Old English dative and genitive forms of ''hwā'', namely ''hwām'' and ''hwæs''.
抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』
■ウィキペディアで「Who (pronoun)」の詳細全文を読む
スポンサード リンク
| 翻訳と辞書 : 翻訳のためのインターネットリソース |
Copyright(C) kotoba.ne.jp 1997-2016. All Rights Reserved.
|
|