Demonstrative Pronouns
What is it?
Demonstratives are those little words that indicate which object(s) the speaker is talking about, e.g. this book is good and that book is bad
| Da | En | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| denthat | pron en sing | ||||
| detthat | pron et sing | ||||
| dennethis | pron en sing | ||||
gram close to speaker | |||||
| dettethis | pron et sing | ||||
gram close to speaker | |||||
| dethose | pron plur | ||||
| dissethese | pron plur | ||||
gram close to speaker | |||||
| sådansuch | pron sing | ||||
| sådannesuch | pron plur | ||||
| beggeboth | pron plur | ||||
Notice that the demonstrative pronouns den, det, denne and dette are noun class determiners (they change according to the noun). For example, you'ld say det hus and den bil because of et hus and en bil.
Examples
| Da | En | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Close to speaker (et) | |||||
| Dette hus er lilleThis house is little | |||||
| Det her hus er lilleThis house here is little | |||||
| Away from speaker | |||||
| Men det hus er stortBut that house is big | |||||
| Men det der hus er stortBut that house there is big | |||||
| Close to speaker (en) | |||||
| Denne bil er rødThis car is red | |||||
| Den her bil er rødThis car here is red | |||||
| Away from speaker | |||||
| Og den bil er blåAnd that car is blue | |||||
| Og den der bil er blåAnd that car there is blue | |||||
| Plural | |||||
| Begge huse er rødeBoth houses are red | |||||
| Sådanne biler er dyreSuch cars are expensive | |||||
| Close to speaker | |||||
| Disse briller er i stykkerThese glasses are broken | |||||
| De her briller er i stykkerThese glasses here are broken | |||||
| Away from speaker | |||||
| Men de briller er ikkeBut those glasses aren't | |||||
| Men de der briller er ikkeBut those glasses aren't | |||||