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Dutch
Pronunciation
Pronoun
m'n (dependent possessive)
- contraction of mijn
Ik word altijd wakker met een wijsje in m'n hoofd- I always wake up with a song in my head
Usage notes
This contracted form is seen chiefly in informal writing. Otherwise the full form mijn is written out even though the pronunciation is that of m’n.
Declension
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subject
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object
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possessive
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reflexive
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genitive5
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singular
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full
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unstr.
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full
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unstr.
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full
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unstr.
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pred.
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1st person
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ik
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'k1
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mij
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me
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mijn
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m'n1
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mijne
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me
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mijner, mijns
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2nd person
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jij
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je
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jou
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je
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jouw
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je
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jouwe
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je
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jouwer, jouws
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2nd person archaic or regiolectal
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gij
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ge
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u
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–
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uw
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–
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uwe
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u
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uwer, uws
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2nd person formal
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u
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–
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u
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–
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uw
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–
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uwe
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zich
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uwer, uws
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3rd person masculine
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hij
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ie1
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hem
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'm1
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zijn
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z'n1
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zijne
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zich
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zijner, zijns
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3rd person feminine
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zij
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ze
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haar
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h'r1, 'r1, d'r1
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haar
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h'r1, 'r1, d'r1
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hare
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zich
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harer, haars
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3rd person neuter
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het
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't1
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het
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't1
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zijn
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z'n1
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zijne
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zich
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zijner, zijns
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plural
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1st person
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wij
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we
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ons
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–
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ons, onze2
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–
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onze
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ons
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onzer, onzes
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2nd person
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jullie
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je
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jullie
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je
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jullie
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je
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–
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je
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–
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2nd person archaic or regiolectal6
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gij
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ge
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u
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–
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uw
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–
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uwe
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u
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uwer, uws
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2nd person formal
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u
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–
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u
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–
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uw
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–
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uwe
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zich
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uwer, uws
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3rd person
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zij
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ze
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hen3, hun4
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ze
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hun
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–
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hunne
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zich
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hunner, huns
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1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative).
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5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, gelle (object form elle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms are gijlieden and gijlui ("you people").
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