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4 Jun 2017
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When to use din/di/ditt/dine and sin/si/sitt/sine?
When to use din/di/ditt/dine and sin/si/sitt/sine?
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@czekoladowygosciu I'm sorry I think I was unclear. I meant how to know when to use din/sin, di/si, ditt/sitt etc
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Your jacket - Din jakke (hankjønn/masculine)
Your jacket - Jakka di (hunkjønn/feminine)
Your apple - Ditt eple (intetkjønn/"neutral")
Your apples - Dine epler (flertall/plural)
Din/ditt/di/dine is pretty simple to get because it's just different ways to say "your".
Di can only be used with a definite noun.
Sin/si/sitt/sine is kind of different, because there's no specific translation for the words. You never really say sin+noun on it's own, because that would sound sort of odd, so I'll give examples with sentences.
Han tok på jakken sin - he put on his jacket (hankjønn/m)
Hun tok på jakka si - she put on her jacket (hunkjønn/f)
Det var Lisa sitt eple - it was Lisa's apple (intetkjønn)
De er med vennene sine - they're with their friends (flertall/plural)
Summary:
As you can see, sin/si/sitt/sine implies to something that belongs to someone in third person.
Din/di/ditt/dine implies to something that belongs to someone in second person.
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@trees han tok på jakken hans would imply that he put on his another man's jacket? That's why you use sin? (Kind of like "his own" jacket)
There isn't a direct English translation but thank you for the response!
There isn't a direct English translation but thank you for the response!
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@immrw24 it would still mean he put on his own jacket unless proven otherwise through context.
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