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what's the difference between din and dine, I'm not sure when I should use one or the other and in what situation? if possible can I also have some example sentences :)
what's the difference between din and dine, I'm not sure when I should use one or the other and in what situation? if possible can I also have some example sentences :)
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“Din”/“dit” is for singular, and “dine” is for plural.
Dit barn - your child
Dine børn - your children
Din hund - your dog
Dine hunde - your dogs
Din paraply - your umbrella
Dine paraplyer - your umbrellas
Dit hus - your House
Dine huse - your houses
Hope this helps :)
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- Danish
- English (US) Near fluent
“Din”/“dit” is for singular, and “dine” is for plural.
Dit barn - your child
Dine børn - your children
Din hund - your dog
Dine hunde - your dogs
Din paraply - your umbrella
Dine paraplyer - your umbrellas
Dit hus - your House
Dine huse - your houses
Hope this helps :)
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@Krischiller Tak! That does make sense! Is there two singular determiners and how would I know when I would use which?
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- English (US) Near fluent
@Luz13
Yes we have two. Which to use is based on the gender of the noun it’s referring to.
Because Danish is a common-neuter gender language. Our subjects are usually either common gender or neuter.
Common Gender uses “en” and neuter uses “et”.
“Dit” is used for “et” nouns and “din” is used for “en” nouns
Some more examples of how they can be used;
Et træ = a tree
Dit træ = your tree
Et hus = a House
Dit hus = your house
En lygtepæl = a lamppost
Din lygtepæl = your lamppost
En komiker = a Comedian
Din komiker = your Comedian
Sentence example;
Hvor gammel er din datter? (En datter)
- how old is your daughter?
Er dit billede til salg? (Et billede)
- is your picture up for sale?
There is no definite rule to know when and why each subject is either gender. It is something where each word would need to be looked up in the dictionary or be memorized to find the gender.
Hope this helps :)
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