{"id":166,"date":"2010-03-18T00:00:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-18T00:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/?p=166"},"modified":"2010-03-18T12:56:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-18T12:56:47","slug":"possessive-pronouns-in-dutch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/possessive-pronouns-in-dutch\/","title":{"rendered":"Possessive Pronouns in Dutch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Possessive pronouns are used to show that something belongs to someone or a group of someones. The possessive pronouns are always used when people are the one&#8217;s doing the possessing.\u00a0 In Dutch, the possessive pronouns also come in emphasized and unemphasized varieties.\u00a0 Just like with the subject pronouns (<a title=\"link to post about subject pronouns)\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/dutch\/subject-pronouns\/\" target=\"_blank\">link to post about subject pronouns<\/a>) the emphasized possessive pronoun is often used to show a contrast while the unemphasized possessive pronoun is used more generally.\u00a0 The emphasized possessive pronouns only exist for the singular perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>In the following examples, the emphasized possessive pronoun is listed first.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Person Singular:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>mijn\/m&#8217;n : mine<\/p>\n<p><em>Dit is mijn boek, en niet jouw boek.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-This is my book, and not your boek.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dit is m&#8217;n boek en het is heel interessant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-This is my book and it is very interesting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Person Singular:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>jouw\/je : your<\/p>\n<p>uw : your (formal)<\/p>\n<p><em>Is dit grote huis jouw huis?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Is this large house your house?<\/p>\n<p><em>Je mag je fiets hier parkeren.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-You may park your bicycle here.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kunt u uw auto in een andere plek parkeren, alstublieft?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Can you park your car in another spot please?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Person Singular: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It is more common to use zijn and haar than z&#8217;n and d&#8217;r<\/p>\n<p>zijn\/z&#8217;n : his<\/p>\n<p>haar\/d&#8217;r : her<\/p>\n<p><em>Zijn auto is rood maar haar auto is groen.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-His car is red, but her car is green.<\/p>\n<p><em>Zij doet d&#8217;r deur dicht.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-She closes her door.<\/p>\n<p><em>Hij poetst z&#8217;n tanden.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-He brushes his teeth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>First Person Plural:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unlike the other possessive pronouns, the first person plural possessive pronoun changes depending on whether or not it is referring to a <em>de<\/em> or a <em>het<\/em> word.<\/p>\n<p>With <em>de<\/em> words, use onze : our<\/p>\n<p>With <em>het<\/em> words, use ons : our<\/p>\n<p><em>Ons studieboek is interessant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Our study book is interesting.<\/p>\n<p><em>Onze auto is kapot.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Our car is broken.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Second Person Plural:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>jullie : your<\/p>\n<p>uw : your (formal)<\/p>\n<p><em>Jullie huis is heel mooi!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Your house is very beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><em>Heb ik uw toestemming?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Do I have your permission?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Third Person Plural:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>hun : their<\/p>\n<p><em>Hun kinderen zijn heel schattig.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Their children are very cute.<\/p>\n<p>And how about we put this comments section to use?\u00a0 Try writing a sentence using a possessive pronoun.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve given you some examples to start with, and the best way to learn is by doing, so try it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Possessive pronouns are used to show that something belongs to someone or a group of someones. 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