How to use possessive pronouns in Dutch

How to use possessive pronouns in Dutch

You want to learn how to use possessive pronouns in Dutch? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Dutch lessons complete with useful examples. My book, your book, all our books... we make learning Dutch possessive pronouns easy.

Dutch possessive pronouns : my

Possessive pronouns are used in Dutch to describe possession or ownership. Just like English, Dutch has a set of possessive pronouns. The English word 'my' is a possessive pronoun in the first person singular. The Dutch word for 'my' is 'mijn'.

Examples

mijn handschoen
my glove
mijn hoed
my hat
mijn schoen
my shoe
mijn jas
my coat
mijn shirt
my shirt
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Step 9 : Dutch possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns are used to describe ownership or possession. To start out, learn to use just two Dutch possessive pronouns. We suggest you learn mijn moeder, mijn vader and jouw moeder, jouw vader (my mother, my father, your mother, your father). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Dutch possessive pronouns including useful examples. After you've learned using these phrases by heart you can move on to the bonus Step 10 (Simple Dutch sentences).

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