Demonstrative Pronouns

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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
	den	that	pron en sing
	det	that	pron et sing
	denne	this	pron en sing gramclose to speaker
gram close to speaker
	dette	this	pron et sing gramclose to speaker
gram close to speaker
	de	those	pron plur
	disse	these	pron plur gramclose to speaker
gram close to speaker
	sådan	such	pron sing
	sådanne	such	pron plur
	begge	both	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 lille	This house is little
	Det her hus er lille	This house here is little
Away from speaker
	Men det hus er stort	But that house is big
	Men det der hus er stort	But that house there is big
Close to speaker (en)
	Denne bil er rød	This car is red
	Den her bil er rød	This car here is red
Away from speaker
	Og den bil er blå	And that car is blue
	Og den der bil er blå	And that car there is blue
Plural
	Begge huse er røde	Both houses are red
	Sådanne biler er dyre	Such cars are expensive
Close to speaker
	Disse briller er i stykker	These glasses are broken
	De her briller er i stykker	These glasses here are broken
Away from speaker
	Men de briller er ikke	But those glasses aren't
	Men de der briller er ikke	But those glasses aren't