hersの意味・使い方・発音

hers

英 [hɜːz] 美 [hɝz]

hers: c. 1300, hires, from her; a double possessive. Possessive pronouns in Modern English consist of the predicative (mine, thine, his, ours, yours, theirs) that come after the subject, and the attributive (my, thy, his, her, our, your, their) that come before it. In Old English and early Middle English, they were identical. To keep speech fluid, speakers began to affix an -n to the end of my and thy before words that began with vowels. This began late 13c. in the north of England, and by 1500 was standard.

Then the predicative and attributive pronouns split, and the pronouns in that class usually took up -s, the regular affix of possession. But the non-standard speech of the Midlands and south of England extended -n throughout (hisn, hern, yourn), a habit attested from 14c. and more regular than the standard speech, which mixes -s and -n.

1. Hers was a minor part，but she played it with gusto.: 彼女は小さな役を演じているが、とても気合が入っている。

2. Hers is the kind of voice that excels at vocal gymnastics.: 彼女の声は難しい曲を演じるのが得意だ。

3.Nick 's head bent slowly over hers until their mouths met.: ニックは唇がぶつかるまでゆっくりと彼女に頭を下げた。