The Dutch written grammar has simplified over the past 100 years: cases are now mainly used for the pronouns, such as ik (I), mij, me (me), mijn (my), wie (who), wiens (whose: masculine or neuter singular), wier (whose: feminine singular; masculine, feminine or neuter plural). Nouns and adjectives are not case inflected (except for the genitive of proper nouns (names): -s, -'s or -'). In the spoken language cases and case inflections had already gradually disappeared from a much earlier date on (probably the 15th century) as in many continental West Germanic dialects. COUNT 5
QSN1 What's the Dutch word for "my"? ANS1 mijn QSN2 Over what span of time have the rules for written Dutch become less complicated? ANS2 100 years QSN3 What part of speech does Dutch mostly use cases for? ANS3 pronouns QSN4 Which parts of speech aren't normally case-specific in Dutch? ANS4 Nouns and adjectives QSN5 In what century long before Dutch did most West Germanic dialects probably lose case inflection? ANS5 15th