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Colloquial possessives
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In spoken Dutch, the colloquial forms are a lot more common.

Normal form Colloquial
mijn m'n
zijn z'n
haar d'r

M'n (my) and z'n (his) are also often used in written language.


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Last updated on July 18, 2008 ::