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Example sentences for "genitive case"

  • On account of this one-sided equivalence, many grammarians erroneously reckon the latter to be a "genitive case" as well as the former.

  • WHOSE, the possessive or genitive case of who or which; applied to persons or things.

  • An adjective of the neuter gender, put without a substantive, sometimes requires a genitive case, as Paululùm honestatis sartori sufficit: A very little honesty is enough for a tailor.

  • Sometimes an adverb with a genitive case stands in the place of the nominative, as-- Partim astutorum mordebantur, Part of the knowing ones were bit.

  • Let this be applied to the question of the [`a] priori probability of the evolution of a genitive case to the pronouns of the first and second persons of the singular number.

  • The necessity for expressing this idea is an element in the necessity for evolving a genitive case.

  • Now the termination -us is the termination of an adjective, and is not the termination of a genitive case; a fact that fixes the onus probandi with those who insist upon the genitival character of the words in question.

  • The verb TO HAVE in partitive sense, is translated into Bisaya by May, Duna or Aduna, with the person in nominative or genitive case.

  • With the particle isigca before the root, are formed correlative nouns, placing the possessive pronoun in genitive case, as: My like.

  • It is also employed this pronoun, but in genitive case, when speaking of events long time ago past, as: In those days.

  • The defective verbs of this dialect are employed but in coexistent past, putting the person in genitive case.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "genitive case" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    acting upon; borrow money; class system; dear uncle; expulsion from; fine black; found time; fragment from; genitive case; governor appointed; heaven itself; monsieur will; moral principles; mosaic work; natural religion; poor house; religious exercises; should meet; since love; tertium quid; volatile matter; would deliver