Typically, that order would be noun – adjective – numeral – genitive phrase – relative clause – possessive marker – plural marker – case marker, for example / diĝir gal-gal-ĝu-ne-ra / (" god great ( reduplicated )- my-plural-dative " = " for all my great gods ").

For example, the character for " not " () is the synonym of, the third-person pronoun ( " he / she ") is a synonym of, the plural pronoun marker () is the synonym of and the possessive particle () is a synonym of.

In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number ( at least singular and plural ), case ( nominative or subjective, genitive or possessive, etc.

Not all of these inflections may be present at once ; for example, the relative pronoun que ( that, which, whom ) may have any referent, while the possessive pronoun le mien ( mine ) may have any role in a clause.

If an original apostrophe, or apostrophe with s, occurs at the end, it is left by itself to do double duty: Our employees are better paid than McDonald's employees ; Standard & Poor's indexes are widely used ; the 5uu's first album ( the fixed forms of McDonald's and Standard & Poor's already include possessive apostrophes ; 5uu's already has a non-possessive apostrophe before its final s ).

She is the giver of earthly gifts, although at the same time, she can be overprotective and possessive.

Meteor showers are named after the nearest bright star with a Greek or Roman letter assigned that is close to the radiant position at the peak of the shower, whereby the declension of the Latin possessive form is replaced by " id " or " ids ".

Jean Cocteau introduced him to Eugenia Errázuriz, who proved a supportive, if at times possessive, patron.

Modern English nouns distinguish only one case from the nominative, the possessive case, which some linguists argue is not a case at all, but a clitic ( see the entry for genitive case for more information ).

One study reported results of aggression towards familiar and strange people and other dogs reduced between 10 and 60 percent of cases, while other studies reported increases in possessive aggression and aggression towards familiar and strange people, and yet another study reported no effect on territorial aggression, and only a reduction in dominance aggression that existed for at least 5 years.

Although the young are born in a fairly well developed condition, with open eyes and able to grasp their mother, at least in zoo conditions Diana monkey mothers appear anxious and possessive, rarely letting young infants leave them.

As the Zen Lineage comes first in the title it is appropriately translated by using the possessive at the beginning or transposing it to the end of the title and using the preposition " of the ".

* the ergative structure at verbs is similar to the possessive structure at nouns ( see section # Ergative – absolutive );

** possessive suffixes ( at nouns )

Andie goes on to get Ben knocked out at a chick flick film, rapidly moves her stuff into his apartment, acts overly possessive and sensitive at all times, ruins boys poker night for him and his friends and takes him to a Celine Dion concert when he was under the assumption he was going to see a New York Knicks basketball game, which Andie had wanted.

An attractive woman, Claire also seems to attract men with stalkerish, or at least possessive, tendencies.

Count Berchtold was described at the time as " intelligent and hard-working " and possessive of a " great personal charm " that made him well-liked at court.

Note that the ending can be added at the end of a noun phrase even when the phrase does not end with its head noun, as in the king of England's ; this property inclines many linguists towards the view that the ending is a clitic rather than a case ending ( see below, and further at English possessive ).

" That premature confidence in her own soul diva chops continues throughout My Kind of Christmas, its possessive title aptly hinting at the showboating therein.

) ( genitive case, but a clumsy and not widely used construction at that, since genitive possession is much better expressed with an adjectival possessive pronoun: ' Ko je videl svoj odsev v ogledalu ...')

Furthermore, some languages have more than just two different possessive classes: on the more extreme end of the scale, the Anêm language of Papua New Guinea has at least 20.

The Nation of Islam under Louis Farrakhan's leadership places a possessive apostrophe at the end of the word, emphasising the plural to indicate that " Black men and women must be the “ saviours ” of themselves and their communities.

as possessive adjectives, others, due to the differences noted above, do not consider them adjectives – at least, not in English – and prefer possessive determiners.

: For possessive pronouns, when definite:

For example, the word meuf, which can still be used to refer to any woman, also refers to the speaker's girlfriend, when used in the possessive form ( ma meuf -> my girl ); while the original word femme would refer to the speaker's wife when used in the same way ( ma femme -> my wife ).

The suffix-ne is used alone only when it is an attribute of another word, otherwise additional possessive suffix must be added, such as-ne + en, e. g. suurine vuorineen " with its large mountains ".

By the 18th century, apostrophe + s was regularly used for all possessive singular forms, even when the letter e was not omitted ( as in the gate's height ).

* Plural nouns already ending in s take only an apostrophe after the pre-existing s when the possessive is formed: e. g., three cats ' toys.

In some situations, either the possessive or the nominative case may be logical, but with slightly different meanings ; but when the nominative case is used the verbal element is a participle, not a gerund:

He is also be extremely possessive and protective of Tsukushi, and frequently loses his temper when anyone tries to get close to her.

One of Law's co-workers testified that Law had confided that Gaertner was a possessive lover who had threatened him with a knife when he tried to leave her, and that Law believed she would kill him one day.

For his part, Stuart tends to be very possessive of his time with Carter, going so far as to be genuinely jealous when Carter spends more and more time with new campaign manager Caitlin ( Heather Locklear ) below.

One context in which tmesis appears in English involves words using the possessive suffix's, when it is applied to a noun phrase rather than to a single-word noun.

The corresponding form when referring to non-humans is what ( which has the emphatic form whatever, and no possessive form ).

The corresponding form for non-humans is which, although whose can be used as a possessive in relative clauses even when referring to non-humans: I will have to fix the car whose engine I ruined.

She can be extremely possessive of Yoh, beating him up once when she thought that the Oracle Bell he brought home was a woman's pager.

She professes her love to Joe and becomes quite possessive ; when he leaves the house to attend a friend's New Year's Eve party, she attempts suicide.

") ' Seu '/' Sua ' as 3rd-person possessive pronouns are still frequent though, especially when referring to the subject of the clause or the gender is unknown and ambiguity can be solved from the context, e. g. O candidato Geraldo Alckmin apresentou ontem a sua proposta para aumentar a geração de empregos no Brasil (" Candidate Geraldo Alckmin presented yesterday his proposal to increase job creation in Brazil ").

In this tradition, possessive pronouns are also capitalized if one is quoting God ; " My " and " Mine " are capitalized, which should not be done when a human speaks.

The next morning, Fats becomes even more possessive and jealous when Corky says that he plans to leave Fats behind so that he and Peggy can honeymoon by themselves.

A particular use of possessive pronouns ( and equivalent noun forms ) in English is that illustrated in phrases like a friend of mine and that coat of Fred's, used to form possessive expressions when the desired determiner is something other than the default the implied in the usual possessive determiner.

The actor now felt very possessive of the part and frequently argued with directors over his inclusion of ad-libbed lines, but he was extremely pleased when the levity of the show increased even further after the departure of Read and the hiring of Douglas Adams as script editor for season seventeen in 1979.