Monday, October 1, 2007

's (Genitive -s)

English:

German:

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.

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