's - Apostrophe, genitive -s
English: | German: |
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Ronny's brother | Ronnys 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 girls' room is very nice.
The Smiths' car 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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