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Possession: Genitive Case

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Unlock the power of ownership by mastering the Latvian Genitive case.

  • Identify the Genitive case endings for nouns.
  • Form possessive phrases correctly.
  • Apply the Genitive to describe who owns what.
Master possession: say who owns what in Latvian.

तुम क्या सीखोगे

Using the Genitive case (Ģenitīvs) to show ownership. Learn how to say 'the student's book'.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: correctly construct sentences indicating possession, such as 'The student's book'.

टिप्स और ट्रिक्स (1)

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Check the verb

If the verb is 'nav', the noun must be Genitive.
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मुख्य शब्दावली (5)

grāmata book students student mašīna car draugs friend telefons phone

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Review Summary

  • Possessor (Genitive) + Object (Nominative)

सामान्य गलतियाँ

You forgot to add the Genitive ending to 'students'.

Wrong: Student grāmata
सही: Studenta grāmata

In Latvian, the possessor usually comes before the object.

Wrong: Grāmata studenta
सही: Studenta grāmata

The noun 'draugs' needs the Genitive ending '-a'.

Wrong: Draugs mašīna
सही: Drauga mašīna

इस अध्याय के नियम (1)

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Genitive Case for Possession

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Next Steps

You are doing great! Keep practicing these patterns, and soon they will feel natural. See you in the next chapter!

Write 5 sentences describing items in your bag using the Genitive case.

Continue to: Giving and For: Dative Case

त्वरित अभ्यास (3)

Fill in the correct form.

Man nav ___ (laiks).

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: laika
Negation requires Genitive.

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Choose the correct sentence.

Which is correct?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Tā ir Jāņa grāmata.
Possession requires Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Case for Possession

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Man nav nauda.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Man nav naudas.
Negation requires Genitive.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Genitive Case for Possession

Score: /3

सामान्य प्रश्न (2)

Latvian is an inflected language; cases show the role of the noun.
No, it is also for negation and prepositions.
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