Possession Link
Whose is it?
Signification
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
Comment le repérer
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
Exemples
my|your|Peter's|of|own
my book|Anna's car|the roof of the house
This is my brother's phone.
Visual guide
possessor ---- link ---- possessed my book Anna car brother phone Question: whose? This is my brother's phone. link = belonging/connection
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?
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Possession uses possessive determiners or de-phrases; determiners agree with the possessed noun.
C’est le téléphone de mon frère.
It is the phone of my brother.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, la possession s’exprime avec des déterminants possessifs comme my, des pronoms possessifs comme mine, la préposition of, ou le possessif ’s comme dans Anna’s.
This is Anna's book.
'Anna's' = lien de possession : le livre appartient à Anna.
Les apprenants confondent souvent my/mine, les groupes avec of et le possessif ’s.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.