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Genitive

Koho? Čoho? · Whose? Of what?

The genitive marks possession, amounts, absence, and several common prepositional relationships.

Role in a sentence

Use genitive for possession and relationships between nouns. It also appears after words for amounts and after negated byť or mať in some expressions.

Common prepositions such as z, od, do, and bez regularly introduce the genitive. Learn each preposition with a useful phrase.

What this shows

  1. Som z Kanady. I am from Canada. z takes the genitive: Kanada becomes Kanady.
  2. Pohár vody. A glass of water. vody identifies what the glass contains.

Try this next

  • Notice one genitive phrase with z, od, do, or bez.
  • Build a phrase showing possession or amount.

Reference

Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV ↗

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