Learn the possessive adjectives and pronouns in German, Dutch, and Afrikaans
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English | German | Dutch | Afrikaans |
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my | mein / meine | mijn | my |
your (sing, inf) | dein / deine | jouw (je) | jou |
your (sing, for) | Ihr / Ihre | uw | u |
his | sein / seine | zijn | sy |
her | ihr / ihre | haar | haar |
its | sein / seine | zijn | sy |
our | unser / unsere | ons / onze | ons |
your (plur, inf) | euer / eure | jullie (je) | julle (jul) |
your (plur, for) | Ihr / Ihre | uw | u |
their | ihr / ihre | hun | hulle (hul) |
mine | mein / meine | de / het mijne | myne |
yours (sing, inf) | dein / deine | de / het jouwe | joune |
yours (sing, for) | Ihr / Ihre | de / het uwe | u s'n |
his | sein / seine | de / het zijne | syne |
hers | ihr / ihre | de / het hare | hare |
its | sein / seine | de / het zijne | syne |
ours | unser / unsere | de / het onze | ons s'n |
yours (plur, inf) | euer / eure | van jou | julle s'n |
yours (plur, for) | Ihr / Ihre | de / het uwe | u s'n |
theirs | ihr / ihre | de / het hunne | hulle s'n |
German possessive adjectives must change according to gender, number and case. The forms given above are masculine and neuter nominative / feminine and plural nominative.
In Dutch, ons is used with singular neuter nouns, and onze is used with singular common nouns and all plural nouns. The words in parentheses in Dutch and Afrikaans are the unstressed forms found in informal speech and writing.
Notice that the definite article is required for Dutch possessive pronouns and that there is no possessive pronoun corresponding to the adjective jullie. The phrase van jou is used instead (literally, of you).
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