Pronouns – Possessive ‘s – Genitiv u engleskom jeziku

Apostrof + s (-‘s) za ljude i životinje

• I stayed at my grandmother’s house.
• What is your uncle’s name?
• Don’t step on the dog’s tail.

Koristimo -‘s bez imenice posle istog:

• This isn’t my phone. It’s my mum’s.

Upamtite, ne koristimo -‘s posle duge grupe reči

• my friend’s father     ali
• the father of the man we met yesterday (nepravilno the man we met yesterday’s father)

Kažemo: 

• a girl’s hat (= a hat for a girl), a man’s name (= a name for a man), a father’s belt (a belt for a father), itd.