Possessive pronouns - Dutch grammar
www.dutchgrammar.com › enThis is the only possessive pronoun with a marked and un unmarked version. Its: Zijn We do not have a translation for 'its' in Dutch, we simply use zijn (his). Here, it does not matter whether the noun is neuter ('het'), feminine, or masculine (both 'de').
Possessive names and nouns - Dutch grammar
www.dutchgrammar.com › enAdding a noun or proper name before a possessive pronoun In Dutch, we sometimes add the possessor's name before the pronoun. It is considered very informal, if not colloquial. We only do this for the third person singular and plural: Turning a proper name into a possessive noun Next to possessive pronouns, we also have possessive nouns.