word combinations with possessives/of

[Verona_82]

Hello,

One of the questions from a test asks students to make a three-word combination using the possessive form and/or the preposition 'of'; students are also supposed to use articles. I found the following word string a bit strange; it reads

friends, cars, nephew

Is the most natural combination

the nephew's friends' cars (the artcile here refers to 'nephew', doesn't it?)
or
(the) cars of the nephew's friends (again, the article refers to 'nephew')
? :-?

I'd definitely use the pronoun before 'nephew', but I have to stick to the task.

Thank you!

 

[5jj]

The friend's nephew's cars is ugly, but possible, if the nephew has more than one car.

The cars of his friend's nephew is better.

You can change 'friend' and 'nephew' round.

 

[Verona_82]

I'm afraid I can't, as there's more than one friend.

It would be strange if 'friends' had one nephew (unless they are brothers :shock

 

[5jj]

I'm afraid I can't, as there's more than one friend.

It would be strange if 'friends' had one nephew (unless they are brothers :shock

Sorry, I missed that.

You can still have your original:

the nephew's friends' cars (the article here refers to 'nephew', doesn't it?). Yes

The second appears better as: the cars of his nephew's friends - you still have one article,