24 Possessive Case

Nouns

Possessive Case se koristi kad govorimo o stvarima koje pripadaju osobi ili životinji. Možemo ga čak koristiti kako bi prikazali da nešto pripada nekome.

EXTRA: Possessive Case = Kao Posvojni Pridjev.

Ispod se nalaze tri slučaja oblikovanja posvojnog pridjeva:

  • Singular - we add an apostrophe and an s (‘s) to singular nouns: cat -> cat‘s;
  • Plural - we add an apostrophe (‘) to regular plural nouns: cats -> cats‘;
  • Irregular plural - we add an apostrophe and an s (‘s) to irregular plural nouns: people -> people‘s.
  • This is my sister‘s room. (I have 1 sister)
    This is my sisters’ room. (2 sisters or more)
  • You can find my friend‘s numbers here. (1 friend)
    You can find my friends’ numbers here. (2 friends or more)
  • I don’t like my cousin‘s boyfriend. (1 cousin)
    I don’t like my cousins’ boyfriends. (2 cousins or more)

The Possessive Case is used to talk about things that belong to a person or animal. We can even use it to show that one thing belongs to another thing or person.

The Possessive case se koristi kad želimo govoriti o stvarima koje pripadaju osobi ili životinji.

Grafički prikazano, dodajemo apostrof i (-‘s) pojedinačnim imenicama, apostrof (‘) općim imenicama u množini i apostrof sa (-s’) nepravilnim imenicama.

Npr.:
— “The cat‘s ball is on the sofa.” = Cat je u jednini pa dodajemo (-‘s). (Loptica pripada samo jednoj mački).
The cats ball is on the sofa.” = Cats je u množini pa dodajemo (‘). (Loptica pripada više mačaka).
— “The children‘s ball is on the sofa.” = Children je nepravilna množina pa dodajemo (-‘s).

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