Dutch Pronouns

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Personal Pronouns

Singular Personal Pronouns

----	1st Person	2nd	3rd
Nom.	ik	je, jij(emphatic, written); u(formal)	hij; zij; het
Acc.	mij	je, jou; u(formal)	hem; haar; het

Plural Personal Pronouns

----	1st Person	2nd	3rd
Nom.	wij	jullie; u(formal)	zij
Acc.	ons	jullie; u(formal)	hen/hun(people); ze(things)

When to use 'hun' or 'hen'

Possessive pronouns

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Singular Possessive Pronouns

1st Person

2nd

3rd

mijn

jouw(informal); uw(formal)

zijn (masculine); haar (feminine); zijn (Neuter)

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Plural Possessive Pronouns

1st Person

2nd

3rd

ons / onze

jullie (informal); uw(formal)

hun

Ons (1st person plural) is used whith neuter nouns, e.g 'Ons huis' [Our house] - 'Huis' is neuter

Onze (1st person plural) is used with masculine and feminine nouns, e.g 'Onze man' [Our man] or 'Onze dochter' [Our daughter]

Reflexive pronouns

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Singular reflexive pronouns

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

me/mij

je(informal); u / zich(formal)

zich

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Plural reflexive pronouns

1st Person

2nd Person

3rd Person

ons

jullie (informal); u(formal)

zich

Note that you can use either u or zich for the 2nd person singular (formal). U would be more formal, but less common to use than zich.

--Declension of reflexive verbs--

Zich wassen [To wash oneself]

• Ik was me
• Jij wast je
• Hij/zij/het wast zich
• Wij wassen ons
• Jullie wassen jullie
• Zij wassen zich

So as you can see, the reflexive prounouns always follow directly after the verb.