Wednesday 2 December 2009

Rules for genitive 's

's - Apostrophe, genitive -s


English:German:
Ronny's brotherRonnys Bruder and 
Ronny's Bruder (since spelling reform)

Singular:

Add 's:

Examples:
Mandy's brother John plays football.
My teacher's name is ...


Plural:

Add the apostrophe ' to regular plural forms:

Examples:
The girlsroom is very nice.
The Smithscar is black.

Add 's to irregular plural forms:

Examples:
The children's books are over there.
Men's clothes are on the third floor.

If there are multiple nouns, add an 's only to the last noun:
Peter and John's mother is a teacher.


Source: http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/grammar/genitiv.htm

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