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system (in which the "genitive case" often has a wider range of functions than merely forming possessives), while in languages like English, such words are usually called possessives rather than genitives. A given language may have distinct genitive and possessive forms, as in the example of Russian
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that do not qualify an explicit noun, the term is sometimes taken also to include all possessive forms that correspond to pronouns even though they behave as determiners. Some authors who classify both sets of words as
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Pronouns other than personal pronouns, if they have possessive forms, are likely to form them in a similar way to nouns (see below). In English, for example, possessive forms derived from other pronouns include
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was copied by subsequent writers. One result of this shift in terminology is the mistaken belief that the possessive form is only used for actual cases of possession or ownership (e.g.,
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are sometimes conflated, although they are not exactly the same. The genitive form, which does not exist in modern English as a productive inflection outside of pronouns (
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since possessive forms do not generally behave in a parallel fashion to what are normally identified as cases. In particular, in English, as noted above, the
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relationship, which may or may not be possessive; in other words, the possessive is a subset of genitive. For example, the genitive construction "speed
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which indicates the thing possessed. In many Afro-Asiatic languages, such as Arabic, nouns take a form with similar significance called the
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may stand for "my cat", "my sister", "my things", etc. In some languages these may require articles or other determiners, as the French
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The relationship expressed by possessive determiners and similar forms is not necessarily one of possession in the strict sense of
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Payne, John, and Rodney Huddleston. (2002) "Nouns and Noun Phrases." Chap. 5 of Rodney Huddleston and Geoffrey K. Pullum.
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similarly presents an inflected possessed form (or case) in nouns, which contrasts with a non-possessed form (the absolutive).
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In languages that have a genitive case, the genitive form of a noun may sometimes be used as a possessive (as in German
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the number is always indicated but the gender is only indicated for possessive pronouns, not possessive determiners;
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Substantive possessive pronouns are used on their own and cannot be used to describe a noun, playing the role of
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Before the 18th century, the word possessive was not used, and was considered merely one of several uses of the
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additionally inflect their possessives, thus giving agreement with both possessor and possessed; German has
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Note that the ending can be added at the end of a noun phrase even when the phrase does not end with its
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may stand for "the president's office", "the president's policies", etc., as determined by the context.
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Some languages have no distinct possessive determiners as such, instead using a pronoun together with a
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A particular use of possessive pronouns and noun forms in English is that illustrated in phrases like
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meaning "his" and "her" respectively, but these inflect to give (for example) feminine forms like
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Other theorists reject the idea that the possessive in languages like English represents a
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An alternative to the pronominal possessive determiner, found in some languages, including
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home) and not to indicate other, non-ownership forms of affiliation or association (e.g.,
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Since personal pronouns may also agree in number and gender with their own antecedent or
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with the noun they modify and possessive pronouns may be subject to agreement with their
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the person or thing to which the "possessed" stands in the designated relationship (
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of the possessor, but does not depend on properties of the possessed. Additionally,
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Some languages, including English, also have possessive forms derived from nouns or
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the possessive is usually preceded by another determiner such as an article, as in
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appears before the noun. For example, "Peter's house" may be translated either as:
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The terminology used for possessive words and phrases is not consistent among all
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Possessive determiners are used in combination with a noun, playing the role of a
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can attach to noun phrases even when they do not end with their head noun, as in
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Nouns or pronouns with a possessive form are sometimes described as being in the
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In Norwegian bokmål written form, the phrase could alternatively be written as
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possessives formed from nouns or noun phrases can be used in the same way;
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when used as "mine" to refer to the previous. This contrasts with standard
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English possessive § Status of the possessive as a grammatical case
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a person or thing affiliated with or identifying with the "possessed" (
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is used ("Maria's house", literally "Maria her house", where the final
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in the masculine singular nominative, and the possessive determiner is
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the two sets of forms are quite similar (for example, the genitive of
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pack" (though it is the same as "dog pack", which is not possessive).
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vol. 1). Copenhagen: Munksgaard; London: George Allen and Unwin.
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and so on. There are two main ways in which these can be used (and a
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Most European languages feature possessive forms associated with
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is most commonly used in relation to languages with a developed
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meaning "her"). The possessor noun can carry an additional
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In some languages, possessives can be formed from nouns or
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Some languages place the possessive after the noun, as in
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is the reflexive possessive, corresponding to the general
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the performer, or sometimes the undergoer, of an action (
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In some languages, possessive determiners are subject to
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the creator, supervisor, user, etc. of the "possessed" (
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the person or thing of which the "possessed" is a part (
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is reserved (as in this article) for possessives like
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In other languages, noun possessives must be formed
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A possessive used in this way is called a 1347:as a noun occurs in 1591, the first use of 728:(meaning "one's (own)", "my (own)", etc.). 2789: 2775: 2129: 2115: 284:" is not the same as the possessive form " 93:in a broad sense. This can include strict 23:. For the 2017 Indonesian drama film, see 1242:section above), and thus prefer the term 981:) or other definite determiner such as a 760:, or sometimes just an apostrophe, as in 630:is the possessive particle. Similarly in 344:correspond to the possessive determiners 1453:". The "possessor" may be, for example: 1193:given above. (The English possessive in 497:can all mean "his", "her" or "its"). In 276:" is equivalent to the possessive form " 218:Possessives are sometimes regarded as a 2076:Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 151:. Here the possessive form serves as a 3642: 2004: 1915:from the original on 23 September 2013 1838: 1614: 1013:("my car", literally "the my car") or 2770: 2136: 2110: 2008:(2000). "Ethnics as Personal Names". 1973: 1971: 1969: 1545:. This began to change in 1762 with 618:, "my" or "mine" can be expressed as 260:The concepts of possessive forms and 16:Grammatical use indicating possession 665:means "my", producing forms such as 160:Without an accompanying noun, as in 1778:Jesperson (1949), pp. 399–405 1617:"Genitive is Not Always Possessive" 1531:English possessive § Semantics 1388:to denote the possessor, as in the 1080:This is more my team than your team 697:. There is however a distinct form 13: 2048:Longman Grammar of Spoken English. 2036: 1966: 415:(meaning either "our" or "ours"). 265: 14: 3676: 2428:Possession, companion, instrument 1800:Payne and Huddleston 2002, p. 426 1683:due to bokmål's Danish heritage. 817: 296: 128: 19:For possessives in English, see 1939: 1844: 1816: 1803: 1794: 1781: 1704:from the original on 2017-08-19 1621:The alt.usage.english Home Page 677:("his/her house"), formed from 532:) indicates the grammatical or 1772: 1750: 1728: 1715: 1686: 1673: 1655: 1638: 1362:in Ancient Greek is κτητικός ( 1174:What some authors refer to as 1158: 174:substantive possessive pronoun 1: 1725:(1999), pp. 270–72 1599: 1370:Possessive and possessed case 1112:A related use is that of the 731: 253:means "house" and the suffix 2632:Postpositional/Prepositional 1813:(1985) pp. 361–62 1440: 1421:Some languages, such as the 1207:. It may also be called the 646:is the possessive particle. 291: 85: 7: 1870:(2). Munich: 328, 337–338. 1791:1999, pp. 340–42 1572: 1278:to refer, respectively, to 1239: 724:; the Russian form is свой 29:Possessive (disambiguation) 10: 3681: 3624:Syntax–semantics interface 1998: 1536: 1508:the government's overthrow 1124:may be considered to be a 971:the car that belongs to me 701:for the possessive of the 74: 18: 3536: 3498: 3460: 3432: 3307: 3254: 3176: 2966: 2901: 2892: 2805: 2649: 2624: 2586: 2500: 2427: 2233:Location, time, direction 2232: 2176:Morphosyntactic alignment 2174: 2167: 2159:Morphosyntactic alignment 2144: 1823:Oxford English Dictionary 948: 875:marker, in which case an 563:In languages that have a 315:English personal pronouns 3044:Exceptional case-marking 2095:Harlow, Essex: Longman. 2061:Jespersen, Otto. (1949) 2050:Harlow, Essex: Longman. 1758:Easy French step-by-step 1527:Possession (linguistics) 1519:the Irish jockey's horse 1425:, can be said to have a 1358:The equivalent of Latin 1197:is sometimes called the 309:and a set of possessive 234:, can be said to have a 129:variety of terminologies 1525:For more examples, see 1276:adjectival/substantival 1214:Words like the English 1116:, as in sentences like 603:with various endings). 458:, as well as the forms 2850:Initial-stress-derived 1747:, Rosemary Allen, 2007 1269:dependent/independent, 1114:predicative expression 1084:This is mostly my team 940:of-Peter the his-house 929: 921: 913: 893: 885: 823: 813: 805: 307:possessive determiners 66: 27:. For other uses, see 3660:Genitive construction 3361:Inclusive / Exclusive 1594:Possessive determiner 1589:Possessive antecedent 1584:Genitive construction 1244:possessive determiner 1238:(see examples in the 1228:possessive adjectives 1101:etc. In English, the 959:attributive adjective 776:the king of England's 154:possessive determiner 1482:the building's walls 1353:possessive adjective 848:la plume de ma tante 634:, "my" or "mine" is 612:grammatical particle 571:, the genitive of я 507:mío, mía, míos, mías 249:("my house"), where 3241:Relative subsective 3134:Regular / Irregular 2979:Andative / Venitive 2815:Abstract / Concrete 1864:Die Welt der Slaven 1841:, p. 156, 157. 1698:Merriam-webster.com 1412:the king of Spain's 1261:possessive pronouns 1209:prenominal genitive 1149:that coat of Fred's 1126:predicate adjective 1003:English determiners 855:, the construction 669:("my house"), from 608:possessive particle 313:. For example, the 2800:and their features 2798:Lexical categories 1960:2024-05-18 at the 1932:2024-05-18 at the 1825:, Second Edition, 1765:2023-10-22 at the 1743:2023-10-22 at the 1332:possessive pronoun 1312:possessive pronoun 1248:possessive pronoun 1178:, others may call 1140:for "...is mine". 1078:), for example in 792:English possessive 213:that one is Jane's 178:possessive pronoun 21:English possessive 3655:Grammatical cases 3637: 3636: 3442:Casally modulated 3347:Formal / Informal 3236:Pure intersective 3186:Anti-intersective 3172: 3171: 3119:Preterite-present 2764: 2763: 2645: 2644: 2138:Grammatical cases 2101:978-0-5825-1734-9 2087:Quirk, Randolph, 1988:978-0-87779-132-4 1736:All about grammar 1615:Cunningham, Bob. 1467:your subordinates 1435:Classical Nahuatl 1423:Cariban languages 1355:dates from 1870. 1337:According to the 1265:genitive pronouns 1234:rather than true 1043:, where the noun 869:possessive suffix 837:"the cat's color" 790:, and further at 758:those young men's 722:reflexive pronoun 483:Romance languages 303:personal pronouns 268:), represents an 232:Cariban languages 102:personal pronouns 83: 3672: 3216:Non-intersective 2899: 2898: 2791: 2784: 2777: 2768: 2767: 2657:Classical Arabic 2172: 2171: 2131: 2124: 2117: 2108: 2107: 2042:Biber, Douglas, 2032: 2030: 2029: 2023: 2016: 2006:Fraser, Peter M. 1993: 1992: 1975: 1964: 1943: 1937: 1924: 1922: 1920: 1914: 1899: 1861: 1852:Kordić, Snježana 1848: 1842: 1836: 1830: 1820: 1814: 1807: 1801: 1798: 1792: 1785: 1779: 1776: 1770: 1754: 1748: 1732: 1726: 1719: 1713: 1712: 1710: 1709: 1690: 1684: 1677: 1671: 1670: 1669:on 21 July 2012. 1665:. 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For example, 299: 294: 224:possessive case 190:nominal phrases 56: 55: 47: 46: 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 3678: 3668: 3667: 3662: 3657: 3652: 3635: 3634: 3632: 3631: 3626: 3621: 3616: 3615: 3614: 3600: 3598:Procedure word 3595: 3590: 3589: 3588: 3583: 3573: 3568: 3563: 3558: 3556:Complementizer 3553: 3552: 3551: 3540: 3538: 3534: 3533: 3531: 3530: 3525: 3520: 3515: 3510: 3504: 3502: 3496: 3495: 3493: 3492: 3487: 3482: 3477: 3472: 3466: 3464: 3458: 3457: 3455: 3454: 3449: 3444: 3438: 3436: 3430: 3429: 3427: 3426: 3413: 3408: 3403: 3398: 3393: 3388: 3383: 3378: 3373: 3368: 3363: 3358: 3352:Gender-neutral 3349: 3344: 3339: 3334: 3329: 3324: 3319: 3317:Bound variable 3313: 3311: 3305: 3304: 3302: 3301: 3296: 3291: 3286: 3281: 3276: 3271: 3266: 3260: 3258: 3252: 3251: 3249: 3248: 3243: 3238: 3233: 3228: 3223: 3218: 3213: 3208: 3203: 3198: 3193: 3188: 3182: 3180: 3174: 3173: 3170: 3169: 3167: 3166: 3161: 3156: 3151: 3146: 3141: 3136: 3131: 3126: 3121: 3116: 3111: 3106: 3101: 3096: 3091: 3086: 3081: 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2429: 2425: 2424: 2422: 2421: 2416: 2411: 2406: 2401: 2396: 2394:Superdirective 2391: 2386: 2381: 2376: 2371: 2366: 2361: 2356: 2351: 2346: 2341: 2336: 2335: 2334: 2324: 2319: 2314: 2309: 2304: 2299: 2294: 2289: 2284: 2283: 2282: 2272: 2267: 2262: 2257: 2252: 2247: 2242: 2236: 2234: 2230: 2229: 2227: 2226: 2221: 2216: 2211: 2206: 2201: 2196: 2191: 2186: 2180: 2178: 2169: 2165: 2164: 2162: 2161: 2156: 2151: 2145: 2142: 2141: 2134: 2133: 2126: 2119: 2111: 2105: 2104: 2085: 2070: 2059: 2038: 2035: 2034: 2033: 2000: 1997: 1995: 1994: 1987: 1965: 1938: 1843: 1831: 1815: 1802: 1793: 1780: 1771: 1749: 1727: 1714: 1685: 1672: 1654: 1644:These include 1637: 1603: 1601: 1598: 1597: 1596: 1591: 1586: 1581: 1574: 1571: 1565:neighbor, the 1538: 1535: 1523: 1522: 1515:Prince's album 1511: 1500: 1485: 1474: 1442: 1439: 1390:Serbo-Croatian 1371: 1368: 1200:Saxon genitive 1160: 1157: 1064:as much ... as 1015:quel tuo libro 950: 947: 928: 920: 912: 911: 910: 892: 884: 883: 882: 881: 834:cat PTCL color 822: 812: 804: 803: 782:rather than a 768:the soldiers'. 733: 730: 642:means "I" and 626:means "I" and 542:Dutch dialects 534:natural gender 298: 295: 293: 290: 262:genitive forms 236:possessed case 186: 185: 166:I prefer yours 158: 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3677: 3666: 3663: 3661: 3658: 3656: 3653: 3651: 3648: 3647: 3645: 3630: 3627: 3625: 3622: 3620: 3617: 3613: 3609: 3606: 3605: 3604: 3601: 3599: 3596: 3594: 3591: 3587: 3584: 3582: 3579: 3578: 3577: 3574: 3572: 3569: 3567: 3564: 3562: 3559: 3557: 3554: 3550: 3547: 3546: 3545: 3542: 3541: 3539: 3535: 3529: 3526: 3524: 3521: 3519: 3516: 3514: 3513:Interrogative 3511: 3509: 3506: 3505: 3503: 3501: 3497: 3491: 3488: 3486: 3483: 3481: 3480:Interrogative 3478: 3476: 3475:Demonstrative 3473: 3471: 3468: 3467: 3465: 3463: 3459: 3453: 3450: 3448: 3445: 3443: 3440: 3439: 3437: 3435: 3431: 3425: 3424:Prepositional 3421: 3417: 3414: 3412: 3411:Strong / Weak 3409: 3407: 3404: 3402: 3399: 3397: 3394: 3392: 3389: 3387: 3384: 3382: 3379: 3377: 3376:Interrogative 3374: 3372: 3369: 3367: 3364: 3362: 3359: 3357: 3353: 3350: 3348: 3345: 3343: 3340: 3338: 3335: 3333: 3330: 3328: 3325: 3323: 3322:Demonstrative 3320: 3318: 3315: 3314: 3312: 3310: 3306: 3300: 3297: 3295: 3292: 3290: 3289:Prepositional 3287: 3285: 3282: 3280: 3279:Interrogative 3277: 3275: 3272: 3270: 3267: 3265: 3262: 3261: 3259: 3257: 3253: 3247: 3244: 3242: 3239: 3237: 3234: 3232: 3229: 3227: 3224: 3222: 3219: 3217: 3214: 3212: 3209: 3207: 3204: 3202: 3201:Demonstrative 3199: 3197: 3194: 3192: 3189: 3187: 3184: 3183: 3181: 3179: 3175: 3165: 3162: 3160: 3157: 3155: 3152: 3150: 3147: 3145: 3142: 3140: 3137: 3135: 3132: 3130: 3127: 3125: 3122: 3120: 3117: 3115: 3112: 3110: 3107: 3105: 3102: 3100: 3097: 3095: 3092: 3090: 3087: 3085: 3082: 3080: 3077: 3075: 3072: 3070: 3067: 3065: 3062: 3060: 3059:Germanic weak 3057: 3055: 3052: 3050: 3049:Frequentative 3047: 3045: 3042: 3040: 3037: 3035: 3032: 3030: 3027: 3025: 3022: 3020: 3017: 3015: 3012: 3010: 3007: 3005: 3002: 3000: 2997: 2995: 2992: 2990: 2989:Autocausative 2987: 2985: 2984:Anticausative 2982: 2980: 2977: 2975: 2972: 2971: 2969: 2965: 2959: 2956: 2954: 2953:Transgressive 2951: 2949: 2946: 2944: 2941: 2939: 2936: 2934: 2931: 2929: 2926: 2924: 2920: 2917: 2915: 2912: 2910: 2907: 2906: 2904: 2900: 2897: 2895: 2891: 2885: 2882: 2880: 2876: 2873: 2871: 2868: 2866: 2863: 2861: 2858: 2856: 2853: 2851: 2848: 2846: 2843: 2841: 2838: 2836: 2833: 2831: 2828: 2826: 2823: 2821: 2818: 2816: 2813: 2812: 2810: 2808: 2804: 2799: 2792: 2787: 2785: 2780: 2778: 2773: 2772: 2769: 2757: 2754: 2752: 2749: 2747: 2744: 2742: 2739: 2737: 2734: 2732: 2729: 2727: 2724: 2722: 2719: 2717: 2714: 2712: 2709: 2705: 2702: 2701: 2700: 2697: 2695: 2692: 2690: 2687: 2683: 2680: 2678: 2675: 2674: 2673: 2670: 2668: 2667:Archaic Dutch 2665: 2663: 2660: 2658: 2655: 2654: 2652: 2648: 2638: 2635: 2633: 2630: 2629: 2627: 2623: 2617: 2614: 2610: 2607: 2606: 2605: 2602: 2600: 2597: 2595: 2592: 2591: 2589: 2585: 2579: 2576: 2574: 2571: 2569: 2566: 2564: 2561: 2559: 2556: 2554: 2551: 2549: 2546: 2543: 2541: 2538: 2534: 2531: 2529: 2526: 2525: 2524: 2521: 2519: 2516: 2514: 2511: 2509: 2506: 2505: 2503: 2501:State, manner 2499: 2493: 2490: 2488: 2485: 2483: 2480: 2478: 2475: 2473: 2470: 2466: 2463: 2462: 2461: 2458: 2456: 2453: 2451: 2448: 2446: 2443: 2441: 2438: 2436: 2433: 2432: 2430: 2426: 2420: 2417: 2415: 2412: 2410: 2407: 2405: 2402: 2400: 2397: 2395: 2392: 2390: 2387: 2385: 2382: 2380: 2377: 2375: 2372: 2370: 2367: 2365: 2362: 2360: 2357: 2355: 2354:Postdirective 2352: 2350: 2347: 2345: 2342: 2340: 2337: 2333: 2330: 2329: 2328: 2325: 2323: 2320: 2318: 2315: 2313: 2310: 2308: 2305: 2303: 2300: 2298: 2295: 2293: 2290: 2288: 2285: 2281: 2278: 2277: 2276: 2273: 2271: 2268: 2266: 2265:Approximative 2263: 2261: 2258: 2256: 2253: 2251: 2248: 2246: 2243: 2241: 2238: 2237: 2235: 2231: 2225: 2222: 2220: 2217: 2215: 2212: 2210: 2207: 2205: 2202: 2200: 2197: 2195: 2192: 2190: 2187: 2185: 2182: 2181: 2179: 2177: 2173: 2170: 2166: 2160: 2157: 2155: 2152: 2150: 2149:List of cases 2147: 2146: 2143: 2139: 2132: 2127: 2125: 2120: 2118: 2113: 2112: 2109: 2102: 2098: 2094: 2090: 2086: 2083: 2082:0-521-43146-8 2079: 2075: 2071: 2068: 2065:Part 2 ( 2064: 2060: 2057: 2056:0-582-23725-4 2053: 2049: 2045: 2041: 2040: 2024:on 2019-10-18 2020: 2013: 2012: 2007: 2003: 2002: 1990: 1984: 1980: 1974: 1972: 1970: 1963: 1959: 1956: 1952: 1951:0-19-510952-X 1948: 1942: 1935: 1931: 1928: 1911: 1907: 1903: 1898: 1897:CROSBI 426794 1893: 1889: 1885: 1881: 1877: 1873: 1869: 1866:(in German). 1865: 1857: 1853: 1847: 1840: 1835: 1828: 1824: 1819: 1812: 1806: 1797: 1790: 1784: 1775: 1768: 1764: 1761: 1759: 1753: 1746: 1742: 1739: 1737: 1731: 1724: 1718: 1703: 1699: 1695: 1689: 1682: 1676: 1668: 1664: 1658: 1651: 1647: 1641: 1627:on 2014-11-15 1626: 1622: 1618: 1611: 1609: 1604: 1595: 1592: 1590: 1587: 1585: 1582: 1580: 1577: 1576: 1570: 1568: 1564: 1560: 1556: 1552: 1548: 1544: 1543:genitive case 1534: 1532: 1528: 1520: 1516: 1512: 1509: 1505: 1501: 1498: 1494: 1490: 1486: 1483: 1479: 1475: 1472: 1468: 1464: 1460: 1456: 1455: 1454: 1452: 1448: 1438: 1436: 1432: 1428: 1424: 1419: 1417: 1413: 1409: 1405: 1400: 1398: 1394: 1391: 1387: 1383: 1382: 1381:genitive case 1377: 1367: 1365: 1361: 1356: 1354: 1350: 1346: 1342: 1341: 1335: 1333: 1329: 1325: 1321: 1317: 1313: 1309: 1305: 1301: 1297: 1293: 1289: 1285: 1281: 1277: 1273: 1270: 1266: 1262: 1257: 1253: 1249: 1245: 1241: 1240:§ Syntax 1237: 1233: 1229: 1225: 1224:traditionally 1221: 1217: 1212: 1210: 1206: 1202: 1201: 1196: 1191: 1187: 1186: 1181: 1177: 1172: 1170: 1166: 1156: 1154: 1150: 1146: 1141: 1139: 1135: 1131: 1127: 1123: 1119: 1115: 1110: 1108: 1104: 1100: 1096: 1092: 1087: 1085: 1081: 1077: 1073: 1069: 1065: 1061: 1057: 1053: 1048: 1046: 1042: 1038: 1034: 1030: 1026: 1023: 1018: 1016: 1012: 1008: 1004: 1000: 999:my three cars 996: 992: 988: 984: 983:demonstrative 980: 976: 975:is used by me 972: 968: 964: 960: 956: 943: 941: 938: 934: 931: 926: 923: 918: 915: 907: 905: 902: 898: 895: 890: 887: 880: 878: 874: 870: 866: 862: 858: 854: 850: 849: 844: 838: 835: 832: 828: 825: 820: 815: 810: 807: 802: 800: 795: 793: 789: 785: 781: 777: 773: 769: 766: 763: 759: 755: 751: 747: 743: 739: 729: 727: 723: 719: 715: 711: 708: 704: 703:interrogative 700: 696: 692: 688: 682: 680: 676: 672: 668: 664: 660: 656: 652: 647: 645: 641: 637: 633: 629: 625: 621: 617: 613: 609: 604: 602: 598: 594: 590: 586: 582: 578: 574: 570: 566: 565:genitive case 561: 559: 555: 551: 547: 543: 539: 535: 531: 527: 523: 520: 516: 512: 508: 504: 500: 496: 492: 488: 484: 480: 475: 473: 469: 468:les mien(ne)s 465: 461: 457: 453: 449: 445: 441: 437: 433: 429: 425: 421: 416: 414: 411: 407: 403: 399: 395: 391: 387: 383: 379: 375: 371: 367: 363: 359: 355: 351: 347: 343: 339: 335: 331: 327: 323: 319: 316: 312: 308: 304: 297:From pronouns 289: 287: 283: 279: 275: 271: 267: 263: 258: 256: 252: 248: 245: 241: 237: 233: 229: 228:genitive case 225: 221: 216: 214: 210: 209:Jane's office 206: 205:nobody else's 202: 199: 195: 191: 183: 179: 175: 171: 167: 163: 159: 156: 155: 150: 146: 142: 138: 134: 133: 132: 130: 126: 122: 118: 114: 110: 107: 103: 98: 96: 92: 87: 81: 72: 71:Ancient Greek 68: 64: 60: 50: 45: 41: 37: 30: 26: 22: 3612:Pro-sentence 3586:Onomatopoeia 3576:Interjection 3549:Measure word 3527: 3484: 3385: 3332:Distributive 3226:Postpositive 3220: 3206:Intersective 3159:Unaccusative 3104:Performative 3074:Intransitive 3034:Ditransitive 2860:Noun adjunct 2481: 2476: 2460:Instrumental 2399:Superelative 2374:Subdirective 2332:-qualitative 2275:Distributive 2204:Intransitive 2092: 2088: 2073: 2066: 2062: 2047: 2043: 2026:. 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Retrieved 1625:the original 1620: 1566: 1562: 1558: 1554: 1550: 1547:Robert Lowth 1540: 1524: 1518: 1514: 1507: 1503: 1496: 1492: 1488: 1481: 1477: 1470: 1466: 1462: 1458: 1444: 1426: 1420: 1411: 1407: 1401: 1396: 1392: 1379: 1375: 1373: 1363: 1359: 1357: 1352: 1348: 1344: 1338: 1336: 1331: 1328:substantival 1327: 1323: 1319: 1315: 1311: 1307: 1303: 1299: 1298:is termed a 1295: 1294:, etc. Thus 1291: 1287: 1283: 1279: 1275: 1271: 1268: 1264: 1260: 1255: 1251: 1247: 1243: 1227: 1226:been called 1219: 1215: 1213: 1208: 1198: 1194: 1183: 1179: 1175: 1173: 1162: 1152: 1148: 1144: 1142: 1138:...est à moi 1137: 1133: 1129: 1121: 1117: 1111: 1106: 1102: 1098: 1094: 1091:noun phrases 1088: 1083: 1079: 1071: 1063: 1059: 1055: 1049: 1044: 1040: 1036: 1032: 1031:on the noun 1028: 1024: 1019: 1014: 1010: 1001:, etc.; see 998: 994: 990: 986: 978: 974: 970: 966: 952: 942: 939: 936: 932: 924: 916: 906: 903: 900: 896: 888: 864: 860: 856: 846: 840: 836: 833: 830: 826: 816: 808: 798: 796: 775: 774:noun, as in 767: 764: 761: 757: 753: 749: 745: 741: 735: 725: 713: 709: 698: 694: 690: 686: 683: 678: 674: 670: 666: 662: 648: 643: 639: 635: 627: 623: 619: 607: 605: 600: 596: 592: 588: 580: 576: 575:"I" is меня 572: 562: 557: 553: 549: 545: 540:and several 529: 525: 521: 518: 514: 506: 502: 494: 490: 486: 476: 471: 467: 463: 459: 455: 451: 447: 443: 417: 412: 405: 401: 397: 393: 389: 385: 381: 377: 373: 369: 365: 361: 357: 353: 349: 345: 341: 337: 333: 329: 325: 321: 317: 300: 285: 281: 277: 273: 269: 259: 257:means "my". 254: 250: 246: 235: 223: 217: 212: 208: 204: 200: 197: 193: 187: 181: 177: 173: 169: 165: 161: 152: 148: 145:your sisters 144: 140: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 99: 54: 48: 39: 35: 33: 3561:Conjunction 3327:Disjunctive 3264:Conjunctive 3211:Nominalized 3114:Predicative 2958:Verbal noun 2909:Attributive 2682:Old English 2650:Declensions 2599:Benefactive 2578:Translative 2563:Orientative 2548:Instructive 2513:Comparative 2465:-comitative 2419:Terminative 2409:Superlative 2404:Superessive 2359:Postelative 1839:Fraser 2000 1569:environs). 1504:his arrival 1489:his country 1386:dative case 1360:possessivus 1320:independent 1286:, etc. and 1272:weak/strong 1232:determiners 1205:Old English 1176:possessives 1165:grammarians 1159:Terminology 1076:superlative 1068:comparative 995:all my cars 987:this my car 831:neko no iro 784:case ending 162:mine is red 131:for each): 104:, like the 67:possessivus 44:abbreviated 3644:Categories 3629:Yes and no 3544:Classifier 3528:Possessive 3490:Quantifier 3485:Possessive 3462:Determiner 3434:Adposition 3406:Resumptive 3391:Reciprocal 3386:Possessive 3366:Indefinite 3294:Pronominal 3246:Subsective 3221:Possessive 3191:Collateral 3164:Unergative 3154:Transitive 3069:Inchoative 3064:Impersonal 3004:Catenative 2943:Participle 2938:Infinitive 2870:Relational 2840:Collective 2820:Adjectival 2741:Lithuanian 2573:Semblative 2482:Possessive 2445:Comitative 2379:Subelative 2364:Postessive 2349:Pertingent 2322:Limitative 2260:Apudessive 2209:Nominative 2189:Accusative 2184:Absolutive 2154:Declension 2028:2019-10-18 1827:possessive 1708:2017-07-26 1650:Brabantian 1646:Limburgish 1631:2014-02-26 1600:References 1557:book, the 1551:possessive 1345:possessive 1308:adjectival 1236:adjectives 979:the my car 955:determiner 901:Péter háza 857:Mária háza 799:Karls Haus 732:From nouns 691:somebody's 620:watashi no 424:antecedent 274:of the car 192:, such as 91:possession 36:possessive 3619:Prop-word 3581:Ideophone 3508:Discourse 3447:Inflected 3396:Reflexive 3371:Intensive 3178:Adjective 3149:Stretched 3139:Separable 3129:Reflexive 3024:Denominal 3019:Defective 2999:Captative 2994:Auxiliary 2933:Gerundive 2923:Nonfinite 2845:Countable 2721:Hungarian 2568:Revertive 2508:Adverbial 2492:Sociative 2487:Privative 2477:Possessed 2389:Sublative 2384:Subessive 2369:Prolative 2344:Perlative 2312:Intrative 2302:Inelative 2287:Egressive 2280:-temporal 2255:Antessive 2219:Partitive 1884:223722257 1876:0043-2520 1497:my 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Index

English possessive
Posesif
Possessive (disambiguation)
abbreviated
Latin
Ancient Greek
romanized
possession
ownership
personal pronouns
English
variety of terminologies
noun
possessive determiner
nominal phrases
grammatical case
genitive case
Cariban languages
possessive affix
Finnish
genitive forms
see below
personal pronouns
possessive determiners
pronouns
English personal pronouns
Finnish
agreement
antecedent
gender

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