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Hello everybody! Welcome to the EnglishBlog. In this podcast, you’ll be learning some survival English on the Saxon Genitive and then you’ll be listening to a couple utilising it.
Before starting, let me first explain that the lesson is divided into two parts:
PART ONE: you’ll be learning an important use of the apostrophe.
PART TWO: you’ll be listening to how we use the Genitive.
Let’s start!
Woman: The Saxon Genitive is used to show possession and replaces “of”. Instead of saying the bag of Mary, we say Mary’s bag. The form for singular regular nouns is to add an apostrophe + “s” at the end of the word.Now listen to these examples:
Man: George’s car, not the car of George.
Man: Andrew’s house, not the house of Andrew.
Man: The company’s new manager, not the manager of the new company.
Woman: If it is a plural noun ending in “s”, we just add an apostrophe at the end of the word.
For example:
Man: The girls’ bedroom, not the bedroom of the girls.
Woman: The books’ covers, not the covers of the books.
Man: The dogs’ food, not the food of the dogs.
Woman: However if a plural noun does not end in “s”, such as women and people, we add apostrophe + “s” to indicate possession.
Now listen to these examples:
Man: The people’s republic.
Woman: Women’s clothes.
Man: A children’s book
Woman: Now let’s listen carefully to how this couple use the Genitive.
Woman: Remember we are going to the Smith’s next Saturday.
Man: Who?
Woman: The Smith’s, you know Mr and Mrs Smith, Tom and Sue.
Man: Aah I remember now, but, it’s 3 days away.
Woman: Yes, but it’s Sue’s birthday, so we need to buy her a present.
Man: What are you going to buy?
Woman: Excuse me, have you heard of women’s liberation? Why should I buy everything? I think it’s your turn.
Man: But, I bought Tom’s present last time.
Woman: I know, and he loved it, that’s why you are doing it again.
Man: Mmm, have you heard of men’s liberation and equality?
Woman: No, it doesn’t exist.
Man: Well I’ll go shopping again, just this once, but, remember next time it’s your turn.
Woman: OK.
Woman: If you wish you can hear this lesson again. In the meantime we hope we have helped you to be more confident with your English. Watch out for the next topic. Thank you for using the EnglishBlog.
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