D01
core
Relations
Possession and parts
Possession Link
Whose is it?
basic
Possessive
Genitive
Ownership
Possessive pronoun
المعنى
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
طريقة التعرّف عليه
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
أمثلة
كلمات
my|your|Peter's|of|own
عبارات
my book|Anna's car|the roof of the house
جملة
This is my brother's phone.
Visual guide
Basic shape
possessor ---- link ---- possessed my book Anna car brother phone Question: whose? This is my brother's phone. link = belonging/connection
Compare shape
same possession link, different language shapes: my book pronoun Anna's car genitive/'s roof of house of-phrase house roof word order book-my? possessed form Ask: possessor + possessed?
نظرة على اللغة
في اللغة الأم
عربي
مدى الظهور
strong
الأهمية
Possession is central through iḍāfa, possessive suffixes, and لــ possession patterns.
كتابُ الطالبِ جديد.
The student’s book is new.
في اللغة قيد التعلم
إنجليزي
مدى الظهور
strong
الصعوبة
English possession is expressed with possessive determiners, possessive pronouns, 'of', or 's.
This is Anna's book.
Anna's = possession
مشكلة شائعة للمتعلّمين
Learners may confuse my/mine, of-phrases, and apostrophe-s.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.