own
part of speech
verb (own, owns, owned, owning); adjective and pronoun (own — after my, your, his…)
meaning for a pupil
1) To own something is to have it as yours. tree →
2) «My own book» is a book that is mine and nobody else's. tree →
3) «On your own» means alone, or without help. tree →
4) «To own up» means to admit you did something wrong. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Often an old way of stressing a person's belonging or kinship, as in "his own land" or "mine own house". In the primary lessons: In maths: who has the things counted; «owns 5 cars»; like «has». In everyday life: «my own room», «make your own lunch», «on my own». In stories and manners: owning up to a mistake. In science: animals that have their own territory.
examples
- And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?' (Torah GEN.30.30, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land. (Torah EXO.18.27, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand. (Torah LEV.14.26, JPS 1917) tree →
- They that regard lying vanities forsake their own mercy. (Prophets JON.2.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thus might we procure great evil against our own souls.' (Prophets JER.26.19, JPS 1917) tree →
- So he returned with shame of face to his own land. (Writings 2CH.32.21, JPS 1917) tree →
- She owns 3 bikes. tree →
- He has his own room. tree →
- They own 20 sheep. tree →
- How many books does Tom own? tree →
- Can I walk to school on my own? tree →
- Make your own sandwich. tree →
- He owned up to breaking the vase. tree →
- Each bird has its own nest. tree →
- Who owns this jacket? tree →
- Ingratitude sometimes brings its own punishment. tree →
note
«Owns» is like «has»: it tells the amount someone has now. Trap: «on his own» means alone, not a number. «Own» always comes after a possessive: «my own», «their own», never «an own». «Owner» is the person who owns something.
In the corpora
- And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.
- And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?'
- And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.
- And the priest shall take of the log of oil, and pour it into the palm of his own left hand.
- And the priest shall pour of the oil into the palm of his own left hand.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «own» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.