- In grammar, the
genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the
grammatical case that
marks a word,
usually a noun, as
modifying another word, also
usually a noun—thus...
- In grammar, a
genitive construction or
genitival construction is a type of
grammatical construction used to
express a
relation between two
nouns such as...
- of
genitive. For example, the
genitive construction "speed of the car" is
equivalent to the
possessive form "the car's speed". However, the
genitive construction...
- and
second noun declensions, but
there are differences; for
example the
genitive singular ends in -īus or -ius
instead of -ī or -ae. The
cardinal numbers...
- an
apostrophe to an
existing s. This form is
sometimes called the
Saxon genitive,
reflecting the suffix's
derivation from Old English. however, Personal...
- nominative,
accusative (including
functions formerly handled by the dative) and
genitive cases. They are used with
personal pronouns:
subjective case (I, you, he...
- The his
genitive is a
means of
forming a
genitive construction by
linking two
nouns with a
possessive pronoun such as "his" (e.g. "my
friend his car"...
- and the owner's
gender for the
genitive. Dative: Ich gebe die
Karten dem Mann – I give the
cards to the man.
Genitive: Die
Entwicklung unseres Dorfes –...
- form
changes to one of the five
cases (nominative, vocative, accusative,
genitive, or dative). The set of
forms that a noun will take for each case and number...
- Gr**** grammar, the
genitive absolute is a
grammatical construction consisting of a
participle and
often a noun both in the
genitive case,
which is very...
