D01
core
Relations
Possession and parts
Possession Link
Whose is it?
basic
Possessive
Genitive
Ownership
Possessive pronoun
Znaczenie
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
Jak to rozpoznać
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
Przykłady
Słowa
my|your|Peter's|of|own
Zwroty
my book|Anna's car|the roof of the house
Zdanie
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?
Widok językowy
W języku ojczystym
Polski
Występowanie
strong
Znaczenie
Possession is mainly genitive or possessive pronouns/adjectives.
To jest książka Anny.
This is book Anna-GEN.
W języku nauki
Angielski
Występowanie
strong
Trudność
English possession is expressed with possessive determiners, possessive pronouns, 'of', or 's.
This is Anna's book.
Anna's = possession
Typowa trudność uczących się
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.