LITTLE ROMANIANS 4: Additional 3

GENITIVE

POSSESSIVE CASE

We use ’s after a singular noun (animate thing) and ’ after a plural noun.

We use ’s with irregular plural nouns (e.g. children, men, people, women):

The children’s parents decided which university they would go to.

They have no respect for other people’s property.

Exceptions :

Is that yesterday’s paper?

I’ve only had one week’s holiday so far this year.

We don’t usually use the possessive ’s with things (inanimate things):

the door handle; the handle of the door

Not: the door’s handle

the shop window; the window of the shop

Not: the shop’s window

the kitchen table; the table of the kitchen

Not: the kitchen’s table

Type of conditional	Used for …	Structure
Conditional 0	General truths , scientific facts	If + present ; present If you smile, people smile you back. If you heat ice, it melts.
Conditional I	Possible future situations	If + present ; will + V1 *Daca va fi soare , voi merge pe jos la scoala. If it is sunny , I will walk to school.
Conditional II	Imaginary situation	If + past ; would + V1 *Daca ar fi soare, as merge la plimbare . If it was / were sunny , I would walk.
Conditional III	Regret	If+ had + V3 ; would have + V3 *Daca ar fi fost soare , as fi mers la plimbare If it had been sunny I would have walked to school .