1. Genitive

2. 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

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

4. 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 ...

5. 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.

6. 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