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Genitive Case

Genitive Case. The case of “of”. What does the Genitive do?. It shows possession How do we show possession in English? “of” as in: the classroom of Magistra **** Apostrophe + s as in Magistra’s classroom s + apostrophe (when plural) the students’ room

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Genitive Case

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  1. Genitive Case The case of “of”

  2. What does the Genitive do? • It shows possession • How do we show possession in English? • “of” as in: the classroom of Magistra **** • Apostrophe + s as in Magistra’s classroom • s + apostrophe (when plural) the students’ room • Use the of and you will NEVER be wrong • Of never fails 

  3. Exempla • mercator per fenestram casae spectabat. • The merchant was watching through the window of the house. • ego in casāvirīGraecī eram. • I was in the house of a Greek man. • servī per vias urbis currebant. • The slaves were running through the streets of the city.

  4. Plus Exempla • multae feminarum tacebant. • Many of the women were silent. • in multitudine Aegyptiorum erat senex. • In the crowd of Egyptians was an old man. • nos agmen sacerdotum spectavimus. • We watched the column of priests.

  5. Other cool stuff about the Genitive • Your book will now actually list nouns with their genitive forms, this is nice because: • The genitive tells you to which declension a noun belongs. • The genitive gives you the noun stem.

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