THE BEST 9 WAYS TO USE THE GENITIVE CASE…EVER

BY ALEX FREEMAN

POSSESIVE GENITIVE

• INDICATES A PERSON OR THING TO WHICH AN OBJECT, QUALITY, FEELING, OR ACTION BELONGS TO

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SUBJECTIVE GENITIVE

• INDICATES THE PERSON WITH WHOM THE ACTION, QUALITY, OR THE FEELING ORIGINATES

THE FEARS OF THE CHILDRENMETUS LIBERORUM

OBJECTIVE GENITIVE

• INDICATES THE PERSON OR THING THAT IS AFFECTED

DESIRE FOR POWERCUPIDITAS IMPERII

GENITIVE OF THE WHOLE

• INDICATES THE WHOLE OF WHICH SOMETHING FORMS A PART

• A.K.A. “PARTITIVE GENITIVE”

HALF OF THE HEARTDIMIDIUS PECTI

GENITIVE WITH ADJECTIVES

• USED A LOT WITH ADJ. SHOWING DESIRE, MEMORY, KNOWLEDGE, SKILL, POWER, AND FULLNESS

MINDFUL OF THE DANGERSMEMOR PERICULORUM

GENITIVE OF QUALITY• USED TO INDICATE SOME INTERNAL

OR PERMANENT TRAIT OR QUALITY OF A PERSON OR THING, MODIFIED BY AN ADJECTIVE

A MAN OF GREAT PRIDEVIR MAGNA SUPERBIAE

GENITIVE OF INDEFINITE VALUE• GEN NEUTER SINGULAR OF ADJ OF

QUANTITY USED WITH VERBS OF VALUING, ESTIMATING, REGARDING, TO EXPRESS INDEFINITE VALUE

HE REGARDED MONEY GREATLYPECUNIAE PERMAGNI HABUIT

GENITIVE OF INDEFINITE PRICE

• USED WITH VERBS OF BUYING OR SELLING

HE SOLD THE DOGS FOR A VERY LOW PRICE

PARVI CANUUM VENDIDIT

GENITIVE OF MATERIAL

• INDICATES THE MATERIAL THAT SOMETHING IS MADE OUT OF

TEETH OF GOLDDENTIBUS AURI