adjectives Flashcards
Do adjectives ending in t declinate normally?
No. They don’t take an extra t in indefinitive form with t nouns. Otherwise as normal.
Do adjectives ending in v declinate normally?
The spelling can change eg grov to groft and stiv to stift with t nouns
How does irregular adjective lille declinate?
en lille pige, et lille barn, små piger, den lille pige, det lille barn, de små piger
How do irregular adjectives ending in å declinate?
they don’t take e with plural or definitive eg en blå skjorte, et blåt halstørklæde, de blå bukser
How do adjectives ending in el en er declinate?
They drop the e when the declination requires an e adding. If the el is stressed an le is added instead of the e being dropped. If a double consonant precedes the er then one of the consonants is dropped with the e.
How do adjectives ending in et declinate?
They don’t add a t in indefinitive t nouns and the t is switched to a d before adding the e in plural and definitive forms.
How do adjectives ending in a short stressed vowel + consonant declinate
Normally in indefinitive forms and with an extra consonant added before the e in plural and definitive forms.
Translate a posh girl, the posh girl,
en flot pige, den flotte pige
an ugly house, ugly houses
et grimt hus, grimme huser
A slow bus, the slow bus
en langsom bus, langsomme buser
a light bike, the light bike
en let cykel, den lette cykel
a pretty girl, pretty girls
en smuk pige, smukke piger
a tired boy, tired boys
en træt dreng, trætte drenge
a fat girl, fat girls
en tyk pige, tykke piger
a dry car, dry cars
en tør bil, tørre biler
How do you declinate adjectives ending in e
You don’t they keep their basic form in all cases.
How do you declinate adjectives ending in an s?
You don’t they keep the same basic form in all cases. Exceptions to this rule include adjectives ending in øs.
Give some examples of when adjective order is different in Danish vs English
et nyt, stort hus, en gammel, hvidhåret mand,
Translate: the first three days
de tre første dage
Translate: for the last ten years we have lived in Aarhus
de ti sidste år har vi boet i Arhus
Translate for the last ten years of his life he wrote no poems
de it sidste år af sit liv skrev han ingen digte.
What is the word order when last is used to mean most recent? What is it when it is used in absolute sense to mean the very last?
sidste x år vs x sidste år
Where is worth (værd) placed in a sentence?
at the end
Translate half an hour
En halv time
