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Grammar
The Possessive -s is similar to English. But Germans leave out the apostrophe (’):
Wo ist Frau Maywalds Büro?
Where is Mrs. Maywald’s office?
Exceptions are words that end on -s, -ß, -x, or -z. Here, we leave out the s, not the apostrophe:
Das ist Fritz’ Büro.
That is Fritz’s office.
Hint
Let’s take another look at the dialog:
Meili: Wo ist Frau Maywalds Büro?
Where is Mrs. Maywald’s office?
Paul: Hmmm… das Büro von Anna Maywald?
Hmmm… the office of Anna Maywald?
We see that we can avoid using the possessive -s by using the word von.
Do this exercise to learn how to say “Paul’s office”!
5 Rephrase the sentences
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