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Possessives<br />
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Pet<strong>er</strong>: Ik ga even op Eriks fiets naar de winkel.<br />
I’m going to the store on Erik’s bike.<br />
Karin: Ik draag mijn moed<strong>er</strong>s gymschoenen.<br />
I’m wearing my moth<strong>er</strong>’s sneak<strong>er</strong>s.<br />
Sanne: Lydia’s moed<strong>er</strong> ligt in het ziekenhuis.<br />
Lydia’s mom is in the hospital.<br />
Karin: Is dit oma’s recept voor speculaas?<br />
Is this grandma’s recipe for ging<strong>er</strong>bread?<br />
The possessive with van<br />
More commonly used than the possessive -s, howev<strong>er</strong>, is the construction<br />
with the preposition van. Examples:<br />
Ik neem even de fiets van Erik. I’ll take Erik’s bike for a minute.<br />
De banden van m’n fiets zijn plat. The tires of my bike are flat.<br />
Deze gymschoenen zijn van These sneak<strong>er</strong>s are my mom’s.<br />
mijn/m’n moed<strong>er</strong>.<br />
De moed<strong>er</strong> van Lydia ligt in het Lydia’s mom is in the hospital.<br />
ziekenhuis.<br />
Is dit het recept van oma? Is this grandma’s recipe?<br />
Informal possessive constructions with z’n, d’r, hun<br />
In v<strong>er</strong>y informal speech, the reduced forms z’n, d’r and the full form<br />
hun can appear behind a name or a word to express a relationship of<br />
possession. Examples:<br />
Ik neem Erik z’n fiets even. I’ll take Erik’s bike for a minute.<br />
Lydia d’r moed<strong>er</strong> ligt in het Lydia’s mom is in the hospital.<br />
ziekenhuis.<br />
De hond z’n vo<strong>er</strong>bak is leeg. The dog’s foodbowl is empty.<br />
De kind<strong>er</strong>en hun boeken The kids’ books are lying around h<strong>er</strong>e.<br />
sling<strong>er</strong>en hi<strong>er</strong> rond.<br />
The possessive in questions<br />
To ask to whom something belongs, one can th<strong>er</strong>efore choose from<br />
diff<strong>er</strong>ent options. In more formal speech, we use wiens or van wie.