Personlige Stedord[chapterheader]
What is it?
The pronouns are the words we use to refer to people or things like, you, it, they and so on.
The Subject Pronouns are used when they refer to the do'er of an action, i.e. they are eating.
The Rules
The subject is the do'er of an action.
Please note:
In Danish there are two pronouns for it:
den (common noun class)
det (neuter noun class)
read more about noun classes.
Da | En | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
jeg | I | pron | |||
du | you | pron | |||
De* | You | pron sing | |||
Formal 'du' | |||||
han | he | pron | |||
hun | she | pron | |||
den | it | pron en | |||
gram common noun class | |||||
det | it | pron et | |||
gram neuter noun class | |||||
vi | we | pron | |||
I | you | pron | |||
De* | You | pron plur | |||
Formal 'I' | |||||
de | they | pron | |||
Please note that I (the plural you) is always written with a capital 'I'.
* The pronouns De are formal for du and I. De is hardly used in Denmark today, except only for royalty and senior citizens.
Examples
Da | En | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jeg sover | I am sleeping | ||||
De spiser | They are eating | ||||
Han hedder Martin | He is called Martin | ||||
Vi kommer nu | We are coming now | ||||