MULTIMEDIA-ENGLISH
Chained Possessive (The mummy's turn)
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Description

A CHAINED GENITIVE is when the possessor already includes a genitive:


He is Mick


This is Mick's brother


Mick's brother has a pen


This is Mick's brother's pen

Transcript

It is the mummy's turn to wash the dishes.
It is the mummy's friend's turn to wash the dishes.
No! But I've got to howl at the moon!
I have to walk around and then say, "Aaaaaah"
It is the mummy's friend's bat's turn to wash the dishes.
But I don't even have hands!
Not a problem.
It is the mummy's friend's bat's flea's turn to wash the dishes.
Typical!