possessive case

• Construction grammaticale utilisée pour exprimer la possession, l'appartenance ou un lien étroit entre des noms, généralement formée en ajoutant une apostrophe suivie d'un 's' (par exemple, 'le livre de John') ou simplement une apostrophe pour les noms pluriels se terminant par 's' (par exemple, 'la classe des étudiants').

A grammatical construction used to indicate ownership, possession, or a close relationship between nouns, typically formed by adding an apostrophe and the letter 's' (e.g., 'John's book') or just an apostrophe for plural nouns ending in 's' (e.g., 'the students' classroom').

1. Grammatical case for possessionA2formal

   A grammatical form used to indicate ownership, relationship, or association, typically formed with an apostrophe and 's' in English.

   cas possessif

   • In 'John's car', the possessive case shows that the car belongs to John.
   • The possessive case is used in 'the cat's tail' to show the tail belongs to the cat.
   • 'Children's toys' uses the possessive case to indicate toys belonging to children.