Possession Link
Possessive
Genitive
Ownership
Possessive pronoun
Whose is it?
core
basic
Relations
معنا
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
نمونهها
واژهها
my|your|Peter's|of|own
عبارتها
my book|Anna's car|the roof of the house
جمله
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?
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Possession is commonly marked with ezāfe or possessive suffixes.
کتابِ من روی میز است.
book-E my on table is.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Arabic (Modern Standard)
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Possession is central through iḍāfa, possessive suffixes, and لــ possession patterns.
كتابُ الطالبِ جديد.
The student’s book is new.
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
Learners may misuse the definite article inside iḍāfa or attach suffixes incorrectly.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.