ABSTRACT
A p a r t from the cases considered in 7.1.1 and 7.2, possessives are normal ly int roduced by the corresponding definite article. F o r each person there are thus four forms, whose usual posi t ion is in i t ia l w i th in a n o u n phrase:
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
7.1.1 P O S S E S S I V E POSITION AND U S E WITH OTHER D E T E R M I N E R S
Possessives usual ly precede the n o u n (as above) but may sometimes follow, and determiners other than the definite article may be used.
