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Possessive noun

Possessive noun. Possessive Case. Притяжательный падеж в основном передает различные отношения принадлежности : John’s coat, Mary’s cat Кроме того притяжательный падеж передает: отношение части и целого: horse’s leg, cat’s tail, отношение производителя действия к действию:

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Possessive noun

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  1. Possessive noun

  2. Possessive Case Притяжательный падеж в основном передает различные отношения принадлежности: John’s coat, Mary’s cat Кроме того притяжательный падеж передает: • отношение части и целого: horse’s leg, cat’s tail, • отношение производителя действия к действию: Chekhov's observations, • авторство: Shakespeare's sonnets Притяжательный падеж употребляется в основном с существительными, обозначающими живые существа – человека и животных: The dog’s eyes, Tom’s books

  3. Possessive Case • Add ‘s to any personal noun unless it is in the form of a plural ending in –s, in which case just add an apostrophe (‘): • a boy’s pen, Kate’s book; • an actress’s career, a waitress’s job; • children’s game, the men’s club, sheep’s wool; • Charles’s address, Doris’s party, St. James’s Park; • the girls’ uniforms; the boys’ cat • Add ‘s to the last element of the word group: My friend Peter’s watch; my farther-in-law’s house, Professor Higgins’s case, Peter and Mike’s sister .

  4. Possessive Case Иногда существительное в притяжательном падеже может употребляться без определяемого слова, самостоятельно: • определяемое слово опускается, чтобы избежать повтора:My room is bigger than Pete’s (room). • для названия учреждений, магазинов или домов, где живут родственники, друзья, знакомые, например: • the baker’s (shop)→булочная • the chemist’s (shop) →аптека • the grocer’s, (shop) →бакалея • at my uncle’s(house) →у дядюшки • at Timothy’s (house) →у Тимоти

  5. Possessive Casewith Non-Living Things We use ‘s and s’ with some non-living things: • time phrases: an hour’s journey, two days’ work, two months’ salary, today’s newspaper, yesterday’s conversation. It’s also used with nouns expressing space and weight, with the names of countries, cities and ships and with the nouns world, country, city, ship, earth, nature: • the river’s edge (край) • our country's best opera house • world’s best museums • a kilometer’s distance • Moscow’s theatres • the ship’s crew

  6. Possessive Casewith Non-Living Things We can use ‘s when the first noun is an organisation: • the government’s decision • the company’s success The possessive case is used in some set expressions: • for Heaven’s sake/for God’s sake/for Christ’s sake/for order’s sake/for old acquaintance's sake • at/within a stone’s throw (рукой подать) • at one’s wit’s end (в отчаянии) • a/within hair’s breadth (на волосок от …)

  7. A Noun as an Attribute • Possessive noun is an attribute to the next noun: the manager’s signature • However the noun in common case can be an attribute to other noun. In this case it should be translated either as an adjective or as a noun in oblique case: • an iron bridge железный мост • a cane sugar тростниковый сахар • sugarcane сахарный тростник • the cotton marker рынок хлопка • tin trade торговля оловом • a payment agreementсоглашение о платежах

  8. Possessive Case or Compound Noun or Noun Phrase with “of” • When we want to show the possession with things, we can use ‘of’: the leg of the table. However, we often prefer to use a compound noun instead of ‘of’: the table leg. • We must use ‘of’ when we can’t form a compound noun: the top of the box, (Not the box’s top) You can learn this from experience. If you are in doubt, use ‘of’

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