Genitive

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Genitive

Hoe geef je bezit aan?

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Genitive = bezit aangeven

De genitive is 's/'/of en geeft een bezit aan.

's: gebruik je bij personen, namen, tijd en plaats:

enkelvoud: the boy's bike

meervoud: the boys' bikes

namen: Judy's books/ James's hat/ Dickens's stories

namen uit oudheid: Socrates' ideas

tijd: enkelvoud: in an hour's time/meervoud: 3 hours' drive

plaats: je noemt geen naam van gebouw: at the doctor's, at my friends' house

Bij onderdelen, hoeveelheden, aardrijkskundige namen: 'of'

the city of New York

a cup of coffee

a kilo of apples

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In … (Glam Magazine van deze maand): How cool are your friends?

1. the magazine Glam of this month
2. this month's Glam magazine
3. this months' Glam magazine
4. this month of Glam magazine

We talked to one of … (de meest bekende [well-known] voetballers van Engeland): David Beckham!

1. the most well-known soccer players of England
2. the most well-known soccer players' England
3. England's most well-known soccer players
4. Englands' most well-known soccer players

He told us all about his childhood as … (een oorspronkelijke [native] Londense inwoner).

1. a native of London
2. a London native
3. London's native
4. Londons' native

It is where his mother worked at … (een kapperszaak) and his father was a kitchen fitter.

1. a hairdressers'
2. a hairdresser's
3. a shop of a hairdresser
4. a shop's hairdresser

He also revealed openly what it’s like to be … (de man van Victoria Adams).

1. the husband of Victoria Adams
2. the husband of Victoria Adams'
3. Victoria Adams's husband
4. Victoria Adams' husband

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