Adverbial genitive

Okay kiddo, let’s talk about adverbial genitive.

Do you know what an adverb is? It’s a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. For example, if I say “she runs quickly,” the word “quickly” is an adverb because it describes how she runs.

Now, let’s talk about the word “genitive.” Genitive is a type of noun case that shows possession. For example, if I say “the dog’s bone,” the word “dog’s” is in the genitive case because it shows that the bone belongs to the dog.

Put them together, and an adverbial genitive is a phrase that describes the verb or action using a noun in the genitive case. For example, “She sang a song of love” uses the genitive case “love” to describe the type of song she sang.

Another example is “He walked with the gait of a man on a mission,” where the phrase “man on a mission” is in the genitive case because it shows the type of gait or walk he had.

Adverbial genitives are a fancy way of adding more detail to a sentence using a possessive form of a noun. So next time you hear someone use a phrase like this, you’ll know what they mean!