Determiners Flashcards
den
[den]
that / the / it
det
[dih]
that / the / it
denne
[den-uh OR den]
this
dette
[did-duh OR deed-uh]
this
disse
[deace-suh]
these
én / en
[een]
one / oneself / you
de (followed by a plural noun, ex: de katte)
[dee]
those
ingen
[ing-n]
no / no one / nobody
intet
[in-duð OR in-duh]
no / not anything / nothing
al / alt / alle
[el] / [et] / [elluh]
all / everybody / everyone /everything
hver
[vai{r}]
every / each
nogen
[known OR newn]
any / anyone / someone
noget
[no-el]
something / some / anything
både
[buhð OR buhl]
both
en anden
[in ann]
another
hinanden
[he-nan-n]
each other
andre
[an-dʁuh]
other /others
TRUE OR FALSE:
‘Den’ and ‘det’ can mean ** ‘that’ ** as long as they are accompanied by a noun.
TRUE
Examples:
‘Den spiser’ means ‘it eats’.
‘Den mand spiser’ means ‘that man eats.’
TRUE OR FALSE:
If you combine ‘de’ with a plural noun (like ‘katte’), it means ** ‘those’ ** rather than ‘they’
TRUE
Examples:
‘De kjoler er smukke’ = ‘Those dresses are beautiful’
‘De mænd arbejder’ = ‘Those men are working’
ingenting
[ing-en-ting]
nothing
alting
[el-ting]
everything
få
[foe]
few / have / get
færre
[fai{r}]
fewer
Hvor som helst?
[vor sum hilst]
Wherever? / Anywhere?
TRUE OR FALSE:
‘Anden’ and ‘andet’ mean DIFFERENT thing(s).
FALSE
They mean THE SAME thing but change gender according to the noun they describe. ‘Anden’ is common gender and ‘andet’ is neuter gender.
TRUE OR FALSE:
‘Sådan’ and ‘sådanne’ both mean ‘such’ but in Danish one describes singular and the other plural.
TRUE
Sådan (singularis)
Sådanne (pluralis)
They have to match the noun they describe
anden
[en OR an-n OR ann]
other /others
andet
[an-uhl]
other /others
helst
[hilst]
preferably / rather
sådan / sådanne
[sah-dan] / [sah-dan-nee]
such / like that
når som helst?
[no{r} sum hilst]
whenever / any time
hvad som helst
[veð sum hilst]
whatever
hvem som helst
[vim sum hilst]
anybody / anyone / just anyone / whomever
nogen, noget, nogle
some / any
