"Bola Dimas putih."
Translation:Dimas' ball is white.
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In the exercise it says "Dimas ball is white". If her name is Dima then it should be "Dima's ball is white". If her name is Dimas then it should be "Dimas' ball is white".
I'm not sure if it's been fully added in the options available to pick for the answer - didn't have an apostrophe when I did this today :(
Same for me it is March 1 2019 and mine still doesn't have Dimas' ball is white
An apostrophe without a following "s" is added to indicate possession only when the noun itself ends in "s" AND is plural -- like "the cows' owner." Since "Dimas" is singular, the plural form would be "Dimas's."
Up until now, it would not have occurred to me to use -s's where a possessive is involved in respect of a noun ending in -s. That applies to personal names too. However, you made me look up the rules and found that Fowler's Modern English Usage states: Use 's for the possessive case in English names and surnames, including those which end in s, thus -s,s. Examples: Charles's, St James's Square etc. It is customary to omit the 's when the last syllable of the name is pronounced as /iz/ as in Bridges', Moses' etc. There are a host of rules pertaining to the use of an apostrophe but this forum does not lend itself to studying English to the nth degree as, after all, we are here to learn the Indonesian language
I don't think that rule is hard and fast. In fact, it's very common (and often taught as the rule) /not/ to add an 's' when the when a proper singular noun already ends in 's'. For example: "Chris' book".
For what it's worth, of the potential rules, I kind of like the one this article suggests: https://data.grammarbook.com/blog/apostrophes/apostrophes-with-words-ending-in-s/
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Yes, there should be an apostrophe after "S" (Dimas').
Correction: Dimas is male (masculine) hehe!
It's common in Indonesia that Dimas is the name of a man. So i think it's his not her
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So how would you say 'Dimas' white ball'? 'Bola putih Dimas'? But wouldn't that mean 'a white ball is Dimas''?
Can someone explain how multiple adjectives work, and how to tell whether there is an implied copula or not?
Dimas' white ball would be translated as " Bola putih Dimas" Object first, then adjective, then possessive. If you wanted to emphasise the adjective you would say "Bola yang putih Dimas" or "Dimas' ball that is white.
It needs an apostrophe to be possessive in English, otherwise you could have a sentence like "It is a white Dimas football / soccer ball."
The 's is needed even if Dimas's name ends in --s. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/punctuation/apostrophe#apostrophes_showing_possession
This is solved in Esperanto exercises by adding an element to the word bank that shows "--'s".
That element needs to be added to the Word Bank here too.
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The 's is needed even if Dimas's name ends in --s. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/punctuation/apostrophe#apostrophes_showing_possession
That is Oxforddictionaries' opinion on what is really a matter of style, not a grammatical law from on high. It is perfectly acceptable to take the opposing position that names ending in '-s' should simply take an apostrophe and no final 's'. Both of these practices have had long and widespread use. The English language has no governing body to rule that one is wrong and one is right (as much as Oxforddictionaries might like to pretend to do so).
"The ball of Dimas is white" should be accepted. "Someone's thing" is the same as "The thing of Someone", it's basic and general English, the exact same meaning, and then don't have to think about Dimas or Dimas' , it's clear... Please add it to the accepted translations!
While technically true that the "y of x" is equivalent to "x's y" in English, the latter is much more idiomatic, particularly in modern English. That's so true, in fact, that I think leaving out the former might be justified. It really depends on the intent of the course creators. :) For example, how many more permutations of accepted answers need to considered to make this allowance? Is it worth doubling the whole set?
This needs an apostrophe. The 'correct' answer is not correct in English.
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Sorry, but I am Dimas... And my balls are not white. So how should we correct this?
Answer is previously given: "Dimas' white ball would be translated as " Bola putih Dimas" Object first, then adjective, then possessive. If you wanted to emphasise the adjective you would say "Bola yang putih Dimas" or "Dimas' ball that is white."
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There's no apostrophe signifying possession available in the English translation for this exercise.
Does anyone else have an issue with the audio? It sounds to me more like
Buah labi mas putih...
Her name is Dimas. The apostrophe is after the s. So its pronounced Dimas's. It's correct.
I assume Dimas is a girl's name? Otherwise this sentence just sounds funny :)
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Dimas should get an apostrophe plus an s, which is still not offered.
It looks weird to put an extra "s" after a name that ends in s, but when I speak the possessive, the second s is there, with a different sound than the s in Dimas.
Spelling "its" as possessive and "it's" for contraction looks more useless than adding an extra s to Dimas, since both forms are pronounced identically. However most of us do it because there can be ambiguity otherwise.
