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Gehören = to belong to Another way to show possession in German is by using the verb gehören. Gehören is a dative verb, which means that it takes a dative.

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1 gehören = to belong to Another way to show possession in German is by using the verb gehören. Gehören is a dative verb, which means that it takes a dative object.

2 Let’s look at the conjugations of the verb gehören.
Ich Du Er/sie/es Wir Ihr Sie/sie gehörst When using gehören to say that something belongs to you, you will use this conjugation most frequently. gehört gehören gehört gehören

3 mir me dir you ihm him ihr her us uns Ya’ll euch Ihnen You (formal)
Let’s review the dative pronouns. mir me dir you ihm him ihr her us uns Ya’ll euch Ihnen You (formal) ihnen them

4 Übung macht den Meister! – Practice makes perfect
1) The book belongs to her. Das Buch gehört ihr. 2) Does the car belong to you? Gehört dir das Auto? 3) The house belongs to them. Das Haus gehört ihnen.

5 Additional Notes Wem gehört das Buch?
When using the verb to ask to whom something belongs, be sure to use the dative form of Wer (who?), which is Wem. Wem gehört das Buch? To whom does the book belong?


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