D01
core
Relations
Possession and parts
Possession Link
Whose is it?
basic
Possessive
Genitive
Ownership
Possessive pronoun
معنی
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
اسے کیسے پہچانیں
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
مثالیں
الفاظ
my|your|Peter's|of|own
فقرے
my book|Anna's car|the roof of the house
جملہ
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?
زبان کا جائزہ
آپ کی مادری زبان میں
اردو
موجودگی
strong
اہمیت
Possession commonly uses کا/کی/کے, agreeing with the possessed noun.
یہ علی کی کتاب ہے۔
This Ali of book is.
آپ کی سیکھی جانے والی زبان میں
انگریزی
موجودگی
strong
مشکل کی سطح
English possession is expressed with possessive determiners, possessive pronouns, 'of', or 's.
This is Anna's book.
Anna's = possession
سیکھنے والوں کا عام مسئلہ
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.