Questions & Answers about Mijn gezin is groot.
If mijn means 'my', how do I say 'your family' or 'his family'?
You use jouw gezin for 'your family' (when talking to one person informally), zijn gezin for 'his family', and haar gezin for 'her family'.
I thought the Dutch word for family was familie. Why does this use gezin?
Gezin specifically means your immediate family, usually just parents and children living in the same house. Familie refers to your extended family, which includes grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Is gezin a 'de' word or a 'het' word? Does that change the word mijn?
It is a 'het' word (het gezin). The good news is that possessive adjectives like mijn (my), jouw (your), zijn (his), and haar (her) do not change their spelling based on whether the noun is a 'de' word or a 'het' word.
Why is the word for big groot here instead of grote?
In Dutch, when an adjective comes after the verb (like is in this sentence), it never gets an extra -e at the end. You only add an -e when the adjective comes directly in front of the noun it describes.
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