D01
core
Relations
Possession and parts
Possession Link
Whose is it?
basic
Possessive
Genitive
Ownership
Possessive pronoun
Bedeutung
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
So erkennst Du es
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
Beispiele
Wörter
my|your|Peter's|of|own
Ausdrücke
my book|Anna's car|the roof of the house
Satz
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?
Sprachansicht
In deiner Muttersprache
Deutsch
Ausprägung
strong
Bedeutung
Possession uses possessive determiners, genitive forms or von-phrases.
Das ist mein Buch.
That is my book.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Englisch
Ausprägung
strong
Schwierigkeit
Im Englischen zeigt man Besitz oder Zugehörigkeit mit Wörtern wie my/your, Pronomen wie mine, mit of oder mit ’s.
This is Anna's book.
Anna's = Besitz/Zugehörigkeit
Typische Lernhürde
Lernende verwechseln oft my und mine, of-Konstruktionen und das Apostroph-s.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.