From ac8f3c9e63781347bf37f97eb60b3b5edc799566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Perry J Oakes Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 19:37:15 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add "of" phrases to examples (#557) Reviewed-on: https://git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ta/pulls/557 --- translate/figs-possession/01.md | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/translate/figs-possession/01.md b/translate/figs-possession/01.md index 5353eb6..153d497 100644 --- a/translate/figs-possession/01.md +++ b/translate/figs-possession/01.md @@ -3,18 +3,18 @@ In English, the grammatical form that commonly indicates possession is also used to indicate a variety of relationships between people and objects or people and other people. In English, that grammatical relationship is shown by using the word “**of**,” by using **an apostrophe and the letter “s”**, or by using a **possessive pronoun**. The following examples are different ways to indicate that my grandfather owns a house. * the house **of** my grandfather -* my grandfather**’s** house +* my grandfather **’s** house * **his** house Possession is used in Hebrew, Greek, and English for a variety of situations. Here are a few common situations that it is used for. * Ownership — Someone owns something. - * My clothes — The clothes that I own + * The clothes of me - my clothes — The clothes that I own * Social Relationship — Someone has some kind of social relationship with another. - * my mother — the woman who gave birth to me, or the woman who cared for me - * my teacher — the person who teaches me + * The mother of John — John's mother - the woman who gave birth to John, or the woman who cared for John + * A teacher of Israel - Israel's teacher — a person who teaches Israel * Association — A particular thing is associated with a particular person, place, or thing. - * David’s sickness — the sickness that David is experiencing + * The sickness of David - David’s sickness — the sickness that David is experiencing * the fear of the Lord — the fear that is appropriate for a human being to have when relating to the Lord * Contents — Something has something in it. * a bag of clothes — a bag that has clothes in it, or a bag that is full of clothes