NB1: SAXON GENITIVE AND FAMILY TIES

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SAXON GENITIVE

Here you'll find the theory and some practice:

Indica posesión y se añade siempre a los poseedores, ej.: la casa de mi hermana: "My sister's house"

's
for singular nouns and proper names (para nombres en singular y propios)
Peter's book
'
for plural nouns and proper names ending in -s (para plurales y propios acabados en -s)
The boys' books; Antonio Banderas' new film

Cuando hablamos de cosas, utilizamos la "of" phrase, ej.: la pata de la mesa "The leg of the table"


Try these ones:
1.Your father's sister is your ___
2.Your husband’s son is your ___
3.Your mother's mother is your ___
4.Your sister's daughter is your ___
5.Your son's son is your ___
6.Your sister's brother is your ___
7.Your mother's brother is your ___
8.Your uncle's son is your ___
9.Your brother's son is your ___

10. Your mother's father is your ___

SOLUTION: 1. aunt; 2. son; 3. grandmother, 4. niece, 5. grandson; 6. brother; 7. uncle; 8. cousin; 9. nephew; 10. grandfather


PRACTICE:

• Saxon genitive exercises
• Some more exercises on the saxon genitive


• Write the opposite sex (el sexo opuesto)

Some Christmas vocabulary