Genitive

Genitive (bezitsvorm) Use: people the book of Ann Ann’s book the bike of Tom Tom’s bike animals the cage of the bird the bird’s cage the food of the dog the dog’s food

Genitive (bezitsvorm) time use ‘s newspaper/today today’s newspaper news/yesterday yesterday’s news last year/party last year’s party

Genitive (bezitsvorm) things: use of owner/hotel The owner of the hotel... meeting/chairman The chairman of the meeting ... bike/lamp The lamp of the bike ...

Genitive (bezitsvorm) Use: sometimes ‘s refers to somebody’s house, shop, clinic Let’s go to Tom’s. Let’s go to Tom’s house. I went to the baker’s. I went to the baker’s shop. He went to the dentist’s. He went to the dentist’s clinic.

Genitive (bezitsvorm) spelling 1 dog 2 dogs (plural; never use ‘s) 1 hobby 2 hobbies (plural; never use ‘s) the house of my parents my parents’ house (plural/meervoud) the cat of my sisters my sisters’ cat but the computer of Chris Chris’s computer (no plural s) the guitar of James James’s guitar