Questions & Answers about Mijn zus d'r hond jankt in de bench.
Why is it zus d'r hond instead of just using van like de hond van mijn zus?
Both are grammatically correct, but zus d'r hond uses a very common colloquial possessive structure. In casual spoken Dutch, you often state the owner (mijn zus), followed by an unstressed possessive pronoun (d'r for a female), and then the object (hond). It acts just like the 's in 'my sister's dog'.
Could I write mijn zus haar hond instead of using d'r?
You could, but it sounds less natural. In this specific colloquial structure, Dutch speakers strongly prefer the unstressed pronouns. So for a female owner you use d'r (instead of the stressed haar), and for a male owner you use z'n (instead of zijn).
Wait, does the dog whine in a park bench? What does bench mean here?
No, this is a great example of an English loanword taking on a highly specific meaning in Dutch. In Dutch, a bench is exclusively a dog crate or indoor wire cage. If you want to sit on a park bench, you would look for a bank or parkbank.
Is jankt the standard word for crying or whining?