9.1.1.3 Have, of

Many languages have several general words that are used to indicate a variety of relationships between two things. There are three such words in English:
"have," "of," and the possessive suffix "-'s." The basic meaning of these words in English is 'to own', but they can mean many other things too. For instance they can mean that I am related to someone (I have a brother), something has a part (birds have wings), and many other ideas. There is also a set of pronouns in English that are like nouns ending in -'s (my/mine, your/yours, his, her/hers, its, our/ours, their/theirs, whose). Use this domain for these general words.

  • What general words relate two nouns?
    have, of, -'s