A1 · Lesson 5 · People & things

Family

Talk about the people closest to you.

Grammar

Possessives: mijn, jouw, zijn…

Possessives go before the noun, just like in English: mijn moeder.
Ons is used with singular het-words; onze with everything else: ons huis, onze vader, onze kinderen.
Je is the unstressed form of jouw; both are fine.

ik → mijn	my
jij → jouw / je	your
u → uw	your (formal)
hij → zijn	his
zij → haar	her
wij → ons / onze	our
jullie → jullie	your (plural)
zij → hun	their

Vocabulary

12 new words

de vader
father
de moeder
mother
de broer
brother
de zus
sister
het kind
child
de zoon
son
de dochter
daughter
de man
man / husband
de vrouw
woman / wife
de opa
grandpa
de oma
grandma
de familie
(extended) family

Read more

De or het? How to choose the right Dutch article

Deze, die, dit, dat: Dutch demonstratives explained

Dutch family words: from moeder to schoonzus

Dutch personal pronouns: ik, jij, hij, zij and all the rest

Dutch plurals explained, -en or -s?

Dutch possessive pronouns: mijn, jouw, zijn, haar, ons and onze

Dutch diminutives (verkleinwoorden) and why they're everywhere

Dutch for parents: childcare, school and talking to teachers

Dutch object pronouns: me, mij, hem, haar, hen and hun