Sentence Structure And Grammar Flashcards
(10 cards)
A tall man
En adj noun
En høj mand
She is a smart woman
Hun er en klog kvinde
Hun v en adj noun
You are a smart teacher
Du er en klog lærer
Du v en adj noun
You are big
Du er stor
Du v adj
I am a teacher
Jeg er lærer
Jeg verb noun (profession)
Does she speak Danish?
Is she a kind woman?
Taler hun dansk
Er hun en cheek kvinde
V du a adj noun
How tall?
Hvor stør?
Q adj?
What is “er” and “et” used for?
Er - for common gender (masculine and feminine). Most words, including animated nouns, nouns ending in a vowel or dipthong (sound created by two vowels).
Et - for the neuter gender
How to say “a noun” and “the noun”
A house is “et hus”, with the article coming before the noun.
The house is “huset”, with the article coming after the noun and being absorbed into it.
Another example:
En kat - a cat
Katet - the cat
How to say “the adj noun”.
When adding an adjective to “the noun”, the article comes before the noun and is prefixed by “d”.
Example:
The little house - det lille hus
The big dad - den stor far
The big child - det stor barn