Possession Link
Whose is it?
Ý nghĩa
A relation of ownership, belonging, association, kinship, authorship, control, or close connection between participants.
Cách nhận biết
Ask who something belongs to or is connected with.
Ví dụ
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?
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Trong ngôn ngữ của Bạn
Possession is commonly marked with của or by noun sequences such as nhà tôi when the relation is clear.
Đây là sách của tôi.
this is book of me
Trong ngôn ngữ đang học
Possession is central through iḍāfa, possessive suffixes, and لــ possession patterns.
كتابُ الطالبِ جديد.
The student’s book is new.
Learners may misuse the definite article inside iḍāfa or attach suffixes incorrectly.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.