Questions tagged [possessives]

The possessive particle 的 is often dropped when I see an expression like this, especially when referring to a family member (such as in this case). Which is more natural in casual conversation and are both correct by grammatical standards?

Sometimes you can omit the 的 from possessives. Some examples: 我的太太 → 我太太 他的名字 → 他名字 Sometimes you can not: 我口 to mean "my mouth" is wrong apparently 马克自行车 to mean "Mark's bicycle" is wrong apparently There also are cases I'm unsure…

if there's an object belonging to an object belonging to an object, do you let go of most 的? For example: "Our teacher's name?" You basically say "The name of the teacher of ours" like: 他们的老师的名字. Or do you let go of one of 的? Because whenever I try…