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Genitive case and family

tree
Inglês 1
Genitive case ‘s

O genitive case (caso genitivo), e also known as possessive


case (caso possessivo), it’s a characteristic of english
language.
The possessive case is used to say that something belongs
to somebody or it is associated to someone or something.
Genitive case...

....is formed by ‘s after the subject (owner) and before


the object owned.
Ex: Mary’s car. Sally’s house
Helen’s hair John’s cell phone
Genitive case
Whose is this car? This is Mary’s car / This is Mary’s.

Whose is that house? That’s Patirck’s house. /That’s Patrick’s

Whose are these shoes? These are Sally’s shoes / They’re


Sally’s

Whose cell phones are those? Those cell phones are Sue’s.
They’re Sue’s.
Genitive case….
…. is also used to talk about family relations (family tree).

Ex: Lucy’s mother Frank’s brother

Mary’s husband Paul and Mary are Helen’s children.

Gabriel’s girlfriend. John’s parents.


Family vocabulary
father mother husband wife Uncle aunt
cousin children grandchildren grandson
granddaughter daughter son nephew niece
father in law mother in law sister in law
brother in law stepmother stepfather stepson
stepdaughter stepsister stepbrother

Godmother and Godfather


Family tree
Sue’s family tree Laura and Robert

Carla and
Betty and Rafael
Paul

Sue Rick LeRoy Loren


Family tree
Who is Laura? She is Sue’s Grandmother/ Grandma.
Who is Robert? He is Sue’s grandfather / grandpa.
Who are Carla and Paul?
Who is Rick?
Who is Carla’s mother? Who is Carla’s father?
Who is Carla’s husband? Who is Paul’s wife?
Who is Loren’s brother?
Your family and friends
Do you have siblings? How many?

What are your parents’ names?

What are your siblings’ names?

What’s your grandma’s name?

What’s your best friend’s name?

What’s your Godmother’s name?


Who is….
your mother’s mother? grandmother

Your mother’s sister?

Your mother’s brother?

Your uncle’s children?

Your mother’s husband?

Your father’s wife?


Who is...
Your husband’s sister? sister-in-law

Your wife’s mother?

someone’s parents? father and mother

someone’s siblings?

Your husband’s father? father-in-law

Your husband’s brother?


How do you say?
cunhada /o: sister-in-law brother-in-law

sogro /a :

tia /o:

sobrinho /a :

prima /o:

avô /ó:

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