D01
core
Relations
Possession and parts
Possession Link
Whose is it?
basic
Possessive
Genitive
Ownership
Possessive pronoun
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 مادری شما
فارسی
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 زبانی که یاد میگیرید
انگلیسی
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
English possession is expressed with possessive determiners, possessive pronouns, 'of', or 's.
This is Anna's book.
Anna's = possession
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
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.