Breakdown of Mijn jas hangt in die kast.
in
in
de jas
the coat
mijn
my
die
that / those (de-words and plurals)
Questions & Answers about Mijn jas hangt in die kast.
Why is it die kast and not dat kast?
Kast is a de word (de kast). When you want to point to a specific de word and say "that", you use die. If it were a het word, you would use dat.
The English translation says "is hanging", but the Dutch sentence just says hangt. Why isn't there a word for "is"?
Dutch doesn't use an "is doing" form (the present continuous) the same way English does. The single verb hangt translates to both "hangs" and "is hanging".
Does mijn change depending on the gender of jas?
No, the possessive pronoun mijn (my) stays exactly the same for both de and het words. You only need to worry about gender when choosing between words like de and het, or die and dat.
Could die kast also mean "those closets"?
No, because kast is singular here. However, die is indeed used for "those" with all plural words. If the sentence was plural, it would be die kasten (those closets).