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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.

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