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Possessive proper names

How does one say someone's something? Like: Lars' horse?

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Possessive proper names

Postby lujzi45 » August 22nd, 2008, 5:16 pm

Hello... Im not learning dutch, but i would need to know how to say someones something (without possesive adjectives) for a few banners (work stuff).
Could someone pls give a hand?
I mean something like Lars's horse, Lisa's flowers. Thx a lot.
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Re: A little help?

Postby Bieneke » August 22nd, 2008, 6:42 pm

Hello Lujzi,

In Dutch, we only use an apostrophe if the proper name ends in a vowel (like in "Lisa") or in the letter 's' (like in "Lars").

We say "Lisa's bloemen" and "Lars' hond". See also http://www.dutchgrammar.com/en/?n=Pronouns.Po06 (the second part "turning a proper into a possessive noun).
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Re: A little help?

Postby lujzi45 » August 22nd, 2008, 6:58 pm

thx a lot, it helped so much:)
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Re: A little help?

Postby kwalijkje » August 31st, 2008, 6:04 pm

You can also use z'n or d'r:

Lars z'n paard(en) - Lar's horse(s)
Anneke d'r bloem(en) - Anneke's flowers
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Re: A little help?

Postby Grytolle » August 31st, 2008, 10:37 pm

Is "d'r" really used to a great degree? I'd just go with "Anneke haar..."
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Re: A little help?

Postby BrutallyFrank » September 1st, 2008, 12:50 am

Grytolle wrote:Is "d'r" really used to a great degree? I'd just go with "Anneke haar..."

Dus jij zou zeggen: Anneke haar bloemen? Dat wordt dus niet gebruikt!

Ik zou eerder zeggen:
Annekes bloemen
Anneke d'r bloemen
"Moe nie worrie nie, alles sal reg kom" (maar hy het nie geseg wanneer nie!)
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Re: A little help?

Postby Quetzal » September 1st, 2008, 4:46 pm

Tuurlijk wordt het wel gebruikt, of waar dacht je dat "d'r" een afkorting van was... ik denk dat "d'r" eerder Nederlands is, dat hoor je een Vlaming zo snel niet zeggen, maar ik wist niet dat "haar" ongebruikelijk was in Nederland.
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Re: A little help?

Postby Bieneke » September 1st, 2008, 5:02 pm

De Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst noemt inderdaad alleen d'r en z'n (zie http://www.let.ru.nl/ans/e-ans/05/05/07/03/02/body.html). Dit betekent niet dat haar en zijn verkeerd zijn. Tenslotte wordt d'r en z'n* in Vlaanderen niet gebruikt, maar kennen we in het Vlaams de constructie "Jan zijn fiets" wel.

[edit] * correctie (zie mijn bericht hieronder)[/edit]

De constructie "bezitter + bezittelijk voornaamwoord + object" (Jan zijn fiets) behoort tot het informele taalgebruik. Waarschijnlijk gebruikt de ANS daarom in haar voorbeelden de informele vormen d'r en z'n. De ANS is bij lange na niet compleet; er worden voortdurend nieuwe pagina's aan toegevoegd. Misschien moet iemand de auteurs van de ANS erop wijzen dat de voorbeelden exclusief van toepassing zijn op het Noord-Nederlands.

The Algemene Nederlandse Spraakkunst indeed mentions only d'r and z'n (see http://www.let.ru.nl/ans/e-ans/05/05/07/03/02/body.html). I do not think this means that haar and zijn are incorrect. After all, d'r is not used in Flanders, while in Flemish, the construction "Jan zijn fiets" does exist.

The construction "possessor + possessive pronoun + object" (Jan his bicycle) is only used in informal texts. It is probably for this reason that the ANS mentions the informal (colloquial) forms d'r and z'n. The ANS is far from complete; they are regularly adding new pages. Perhaps someone needs to point out to the authors of the ANS that the examples apply exclusively to Dutch as it is spoken in the Netherlands.
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Re: A little help?

Postby Grytolle » September 1st, 2008, 5:59 pm

Dus de reden waarom ik bijna nooit "d'r" had gehoord, was waarschijnlijk dat ik bijna nooit in Nederland heb gepraat.
(I probably never heard "d'r" because I've hardly spoken in the Netherlands)

"z'n"/"Jan z'n(e) fiets" wordt wel gebruikt in Vlaanderen, dacht ik...
("z'n" does get used in Flanders, I thought)
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Re: A little help?

Postby Bieneke » September 1st, 2008, 7:30 pm

Grytolle wrote:Dus de reden waarom ik bijna nooit "d'r" had gehoord, was waarschijnlijk dat ik bijna nooit in Nederland heb gepraat.
(I probably never heard "d'r" because I've hardly spoken in the Netherlands)

"z'n"/"Jan z'n(e) fiets" wordt wel gebruikt in Vlaanderen, dacht ik...
("z'n" does get used in Flanders, I thought)

Je hebt gelijk: z'n wordt ook in Vlaanderen gebruikt.
You are right: Z'n is also used in Flanders.
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Re: Possessive proper names

Postby Bieneke » September 5th, 2008, 2:58 pm

Losse opmerking: :)

Ik gebruik de constructie "bezitter + z'n + voorwerp" bijna uitsluitend voor personen (behalve dan in uitdrukkingen als "op z'n kop", "in z'n geheel", ...).

I use the construction "possessor + z'n + object" almost exlusively for persons (except for expressions as "on its head" (upside down), "in its total" (in total), ...).
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Re: Possessive proper names

Postby Grytolle » September 5th, 2008, 3:24 pm

De regering d'r beslissing wordt uitgesteld XD
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Re: Possessive proper names

Postby Bieneke » September 5th, 2008, 3:30 pm

Grytolle wrote:De regering d'r beslissing wordt uitgesteld XD

Hmm ... Zelf zou ik dit nooit zeggen; voor mij klinkt dit erg vreemd. Als het al gebruikt wordt, dan is het vrij 'platte' spreektaal.
I would never say this; to me, this sounds rather strange. If it is used at all, it must be very colloquial.
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Re: Possessive proper names

Postby Grytolle » September 5th, 2008, 3:33 pm

Bieneke wrote:
Grytolle wrote:De regering d'r beslissing wordt uitgesteld XD

Hmm ... Zelf zou ik dit nooit zeggen; voor mij klinkt dit erg vreemd. Als het al gebruikt wordt, dan is het vrij 'platte' spreektaal.
I would never say this; to me, this sounds rather strange. If it is used at all, it must be very colloquial.
It'd be such a mix, considering words normally aren't used feminine by people who use "d'r" :P
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Re: Possessive proper names

Postby Bieneke » September 5th, 2008, 3:38 pm

Grytolle wrote:It'd be such a mix, considering words normally aren't used feminine by people who use "d'r" :P

Good point. 8)

So let me look at a few masculine and neuter words instead:

De gemeenteraad z'n beslissing wordt uitgesteld.
The municipal council's decision was postponed.
Het rijk z'n begroting is goedgekeurd.
The state's budget has been approved.

Nah ... Dit vind ik nog altijd vreemd klinken (I still think this sounds strange). :P
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