"That's my uncle."

Translation: Das ist mein Onkel.

[StevieMorelock]

I wrote "Der ist mein Onkel," which I believe is common. Is it just colloquial?

[az_p]

It's different grammatically - closer to "That guy is my uncle".

[lkrishna]

Mein/meine difference pls

[mizinamo]

Mein/meine difference pls

mein before a masculine noun (mein Vater, mein Löffel, mein Hund, ...) or before a neuter noun (mein Kind, mein Messer, mein Pferd, ...)*.

meine before a feminine noun (meine Mutter, meine Gabel, meine Katze, ...) or before a plural noun (meine Brüder, meine Kinder, meine Tiere, ...).