7th Session Genitive Case = Expressing Possession My father’s house Possessor Possession The book of my sister = My sister’s book Sophia’s mother = Her mother “My mother” Said Sophia Tom’s girlfriend = His girlfriend “My girlfriend” Said Tom Translate these ideas 1 George es el esposo de mi prima
George is my cousin’s husband
2 La oficina del abogado está en el
The lawyer’s office is downtown
centro 3 Los temas de esta semana son
This week’s topics are challenging
retadores 4 La cobija del perro está mojada
The dog’s blanket is wet
5 Comamos en Domino’s Pizza
Let’s eat at Domino’s
6 La profesora de las niñas está de
The girls’ teacher is on holiday
vacaciones 7 El sobrino de Tom y Alice es un
astronauta 8 Estos no son los números
telefónicos de Bryan, Dennis y Ángela.
Tom and Alice’s nephew is an astronaut These aren’t Bryan’s Dennis’s and Angela’s phone numbers
My Family Tree Gilma Lucelly---------------John Guadalupe
Vicente
Oscar
Ximena
Who is Gilma? -Gilma is Vicente’s mother / -Gilma is John’s mother -Gilma is Oscar’s mother / -Gilma is John, Vicente and Oscar’s mother -Gilma is Guadalupe’s grandmother / -Gilma is Ximena’s grandmother -Gilma is Guadalupe and Ximena’s grandmother -Gilma is Lucelly’s mother-in-law
Genitive Explanation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Cm52TjFQzY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnSWgALQLkY
Practice https://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/apostrophe_s2.htm
https://agendaweb.org/grammar/apostrophe-genitive-case.html
‘s It can be
‘S
Is = He’s my brother / The house’s big Possession (Genitive) Jenny’s dog Has
Verb To Be or Genitive ‘s? My cat’s small = V to Be My cat’s eyes = Genitive My mother’s Gilma = V to Be My mother’s at home = V to be My mother’s house = Genitive My mother’s house’s big = Possession / Is
Genitive Chart Possessors
Example
Detail
Singular Possessor
Fred’s money…
The possessor carries ‘s
Singular Possessor ending in S
Charles’s wife…
The name carries ‘s
Separated possessors
Fred and Ann’s children
Only the last possessor carries ‘s
Separated Possessors (Different Possession)
Fred’s and Ann’s IDs…
Each possessor carries ‘s
Grouped possessors
The workers’ uniforms…
Plural noun (regular) ending in s adds only ‘
Grouped possessors
Your children’s toys..
Irregular plural nouns carry ‘s
Animals
The parrot’s food…
The possessor carries ‘s
Time adverbs
Today’s class…
The adverb carries ‘s
Countries & Cities
Pereira’s women…
The place carries ‘s
(Same Possession)