4.2.2.1.8. More on possessors and possessions

In the previous paragraph, possessor was mentioned as one of the roles a noun can have. Another role is that of possession, as dog in the phrase John's dog. You need to learn to understand sentences in which the possessor is a pronoun, or pronoun-like (my dog, your dog, our dog, etc., covering the whole range of possibilities you find in that particular language), and sentences in which the possessor is a regular noun (the man's dog, the woman's cat, etc.).

Just in case there are any differences in how they are expressed, include three types of possessions: kinship terms (my father, my wife, etc.), body part terms ( your hand, her face, etc.) and typical nouns (our book, your friend's dog, etc.)

Techniques: You can easily learn to understand this type of expression using TPR: “Point to Joe's Father” (you can use Joe's family tree diagram), “Touch her shoulder,” “Take my pencil,” “Put your green pencil in front of her.” Your LRP can also use pictures for this; “Where is the man's foot?”, “Where is his hammer?”, etc.