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Meanings of possessive in inglês
português
genitiva português
caso genitivo catalão
genitiu Word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense.
Sinônimos
Examples for "possessive form"
Examples for "possessive form"
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Nouns have two case forms, the simple form, common to the nominative and the objective case, and the possessive form.
2
Maybe the possessive form of address: "Mon general," "mon capitaine," helps the idea, which our men cloke in other and curter phrases.
3
You would also have to accommodate the plural or possessive forms of the word.
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The present of all the active verbs uses this predicative form, while their aorists and futures employ possessive forms.
Usage of possessive in inglês
1
I'm over it, I said, suddenly possessive of my newfound free time.
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I have work yet, and she is oddly possessive of my attention.
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The following are the rules for the forming of the possessive case:
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Change the following expressions from the prepositional phrase form to the possessive:
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She told herself she had imagined the possessive tone of his words.
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She belonged to him, and he was possessive of his new friend.
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You know how possessive he is about that cesspool company of yours.
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With Courant the change showed in a possessive tenderness, a brooding concern.
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The possessive instinct is, in its profoundest abyss, an amorist of death.
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Primal anger sharpened in his gut, brimming with a territorial, possessive need.
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He was very possessive and did not get on with her family.
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Also, without sounding too possessive, she is also one of our own.
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Some men feel possessive when they have strong feelings for a woman.
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He looked around the church with what was almost a possessive eye.
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Wherever love exercises its creative energy the possessive instinct relaxes its hold.
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He stroked a possessive hand down the lush length of her back.
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Translations for possessive
espanhol
Possessive through the time
Possessive across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common