Pronouns
subject
object
possessive
reflexive
ik
mij
mijn
me
jij
jou
jouw
je
u
u
uw
zich
hij
hem
zijn
zich
zij
haar
haar
zich
het
het
zijn
zich
wij
ons
ons/onze
ons
jullie
jullie
jullie
je
zij
ze - hun
hun
zich
A few notes on this:
- Many pronouns have two versions: one for regular use and one to use if the pronoun has a specific emphasis (the 'proper' version):
- mij and mijn are usually me and m'n
- jij, jou and jouw are usually je
(Herinner jij je jouw verjaardag? - Herinner je je je verjaardag?)- zijn is usually z'n
- het is usually 't
- zij is usually ze
- wij is usually we
- The same goes for ze and hun (object, third person plural): normally you would use ze, but if you need a special emphasis, you use hun .
- Officially, for object third person plural ('them') there are two forms: hun and hen. The grammar rules state that
This is a purely artificial difference though: most Dutch people don't get it right - in colloquial Dutch hun is mostly used for all object forms.
- hen should be used for direct object and after prepositions and
- hun should be used for indirect object.
- In spoken Dutch, you even hear hun being used as a subject form for third person plural. This is still considered absolutely wrong, though.
- The possessive ons is used for het-nouns (ons huis) and onze for de-nouns (onze tuin).