Possession Link
Whose is it?
Значение
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
Как распознать
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
Примеры
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?
Разбор по языкам
В родном языке
Possession uses agreeing possessives or genitive owner phrases.
Это моя книга.
This is my book.
На изучаемом языке
В английском связь «чьё?» выражают притяжательными словами вроде my, your, her, самостоятельными формами вроде mine, конструкцией с of или апострофом + s: Anna's.
This is Anna's book.
Anna's = принадлежность: книга связана с Анной, то есть это книга Анны.
Изучающие могут путать my и mine, злоупотреблять of там, где естественнее 's, или ставить апостроф в неправильном месте.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.