Meaning & use
my landlady
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Meaning
phrasefixed phrase
the woman who owns or manages the place where you rent a room, flat, or house
Grammar: Used as a noun phrase: 'My landlady raised the rent.' It can also be used without 'my': 'The landlady lives downstairs.'
Patterns
- my landlady raises the rent
- my landlady lives downstairs
- pay my landlady
My landlady asked me to keep the music down after ten o'clock.
I told my landlady that the heating wasn't working.
My landlady is very friendly and often brings us fruit from her garden.
Common combinations
- my landlady raised the rent
- My landlady raised the rent by fifty pounds this year.
- ask my landlady
- I'll ask my landlady if I can paint the walls.
- my landlady's rules
- My landlady's rules say no pets are allowed.
- complain to my landlady
- We had to complain to my landlady about the noisy neighbors.
Synonyms and how they differ
- landlord
- Use 'landlord' for a man who rents you property, or when you do not know or do not want to say the person's gender.
- property owner
- This is a more formal and general term; it does not necessarily mean the person rents the property to you.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: my landlady or landlady?
my landlady vs landlady
'Landlady' is one word; writing it as two words ('land lady') is a common spelling mistake.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
Option B is correct because 'ask someone to do something' needs 'to' before the verb. Option A repeats the subject ('she'), option C uses 'for' instead of 'to', and option D omits 'to' altogether.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “my landlady”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.