Look at these examples. Can you spot the grammar pattern?
Батын ном сайн байна.
Bat's book is good.
Миний нэр Болд.
My name is Bold.
Сургуулийн багш ирлээ.
The school's teacher arrived.
Pay attention to the highlighted parts. What do they have in common?
Possession and attribution. Add -ын/-ийн to nouns (vowel harmony). Pronoun genitives are irregular.
Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises
Practice ExercisesPlacing the possessed noun before the possessor
Applying regular -ын/-ийн to pronouns instead of using irregular forms
Батын ном сайн байна.
Bat's book is good.
Bat + -ын = Батын (genitive: possessor precedes possessed noun).
Миний нэр Болд.
My name is Bold.
'миний' is the irregular genitive of 'би' (I).
Сургуулийн багш ирлээ.
The school's teacher arrived.
сургууль (school) + -ийн = сургуулийн (genitive, front vowel).
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Apply this grammar in A1 course exercises