in Filipino is the NG-case.
Here we learn the first of three uses of the NG-case.
Nouns and pronouns in the NG-case
serve to express ownership of something.
In the following sentences, the phrases in boldface
are expressed in the NG-case in Filipino:
| I am reading Miguel's book. |
| She spent the town's money. |
| Who used my computer? |
| Its capacity exceeds 2,000 kilos. |
Later, when we learn about actor-focus verbs,
we will see that we also use the NG-case
to express the direct object of an actor-focus verb's action.
When we learn about object-focus verbs,
we will see that we also use the NG-case
to express the doer of an object-focus verb's action.