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Meaning of the Genitive case

This case has rather many meanings ,the leading of which is possession on the broad sense of the word.In this meaning the genitive case is termed the possessive genitive :John’s book,the child’s toys.

Another important meaning of the genitive case is called subjective.In this meaning the noun denotes the doer ,its subject.This genitive is termed the subjective genitive:the brother’s arrival/the brother arrived/ , John’s action/John acted/.

Opposite to the subjective the objective meaning is.In this meaning the genitive is called the objective genitive ,for the noun here denotes the object of the action done by the subject: Munk’s murderer/ smb murdered Munk/

Other kinds of the genitive are ,depending on the meaning of its forms ,descriptive /qualitative/ : Not these terrible pirate’s hands of yours….

 TheGenitive of measure : a two mile’s walk , a minute’s silence; the genitive of personal and public relations :John’s friend , John’s chief.

 

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