personal and possessive pronouns

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

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TODAY'S LESSON

• Personal Pronouns 
• Possessive Pronouns

Personal 
Pronouns

Wich personal pronouns (persoonlijke voornaamwoorden) do you know?

Explanation 

You can use a personal pronoun (persoonlijk voornaamwoord) instead of a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord). 
==> a person, an animal, or a thing 

The girl walks - she walks

The boy walks   - he walks

The cat walks - it walks

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Pay attention: I (ik) is always with a capital letter (hoofdletter)

An example for a personal pronoun is :

1. he
2. where
3. home
4. Susan

Replace "Susan" for a personal pronoun:

1. he
2. we
3. you
4. she

Replace "the dog" for a personal pronoun:

1. he
2. it
3. you
4. I

Replace "my friends and I" for a personal pronoun:

1. I
2. they
3. we
4. you

Persoonlijke voornaamwoorden - 2e rijtje

Peter is in love with his girlfriend, Anne. He loves ........ .

1. her
2. his
3. you
4. we

Do you help your dad? Do you help .....?

1. she
2. he
3. him
4. her

We gave him the money and he gave .......... (we) the candy.

1. him
2. them
3. her
4. us

Possessive 

Pronouns

Wich possessive pronouns (bezittelijke voornaamwoorden) do you know?

Possessive pronouns

• indicate possession 
• you use them to indicate that something belongs to someone  

Possessive pronouns 

An overview:

mijn          =         my

jouw/uw  =         your

zijn             =        his

haar           =        her

zijn/haar (dingen)    =      its

onze                             =      our

jullie                             =      your

hun                               =     their

Possessive pronouns 

Like in Dutch you can use possessive pronouns in another way as well, to say that something belongs to someone:

                 This is my bike.

                That bike is mine.

The meaning of the sentence is the same, but the pronunciation is different. Like in Dutch we use the possessive pronoun.  

• mijn
  
• jouw
  
• zijn
  
• haar
  
  
• ons/onze
  
• jullie/uw
  
• hun 

• my
• your
• his
• her
  
  
• our
• your
• their

Possessive pronouns - 1

• van mij
• van jou
• van hem
• van haar
  
  
• van ons
• van jullie/u
• van hen 

• mine
• yours
• his
• hers
  
  
• ours
• yours
• theirs

Possessive pronouns - 2

Examples 

Dit is mijn gitaar. -> This is my guitar.
Deze gitaar is van mij. -> This guitar is mine. 

Dat zijn hun boeken. -> Those are their books.
De boeken zijn van hen. -> The books are theirs. 

Dit is zijn tas. -> This is his bag.
Deze tas is van hem. -> This bag is his.

The cat has a long tail.
______ colour is white.

1. her
2. his
3. its
4. our

Susan and Mike are twins.
____ birthday is in May

1. they
2. their
3. her
4. his

Wat is de juiste vertaling van deze zin:
Dit is mijn gitaar.

1. This is my guitar.
2. That guitar is of mine.
3. This guitar is my.
4. Those guitars are ours.

You ask your friend:
My pencil is broken. Can I borrow ......?

1. your
2. her
3. yours
4. mine

She has a book.
It is ___ book.

1. her
2. his
3. she
4. its

We are called Smith.
____ last name is Smith.

1. we
2. us
3. your
4. our

Well done!

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Extra oefenen

Persoonlijke voornaamwoorden

Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden

Bezittelijke voornaamwoorden