Asking "Whose" with hvis
When you want to find out who owns a left-behind item, you use the interrogative possessive pronoun hvis (whose). Just like in English, hvis is placed immediately before the noun or noun phrase you are asking about.
| Whose packed lunch is in the fridge? | Hvis madpakke ligger der i køleskabet? |
| Whose access fob have you found on the floor? | Hvis adgangsbrik har du fundet på gulvet? |
Hvis in Indirect Questions
You can also use hvis to form indirect questions. The structure remains exactly the same: hvis attaches directly to the noun, even when the question is embedded in a larger sentence.
| Do you know whose bicycle helmet it is? | Ved du hvis cykelhjelm det er? |
| I am just asking whose scarf it is. | Jeg spørger bare hvis halstørklæde det er. |
Referring Back to Found Items
Once a missing item has been brought up using hvis, you will usually refer back to it using its definite form. Notice how the nouns take their definite suffixes (-en, -et, or -ne for plural) in the follow-up statements.
| Whose headset are you using right now? | Hvis headset bruger du lige nu? |
| The headset was just lying on the desk. | Headsettet lå bare på skrivebordet. |
| We borrow each other's things, but whose stapler is this? | Vi låner hinandens ting, men hvis hæftemaskine er det her? |
| The stapler is always gone when you need to use it. | Hæftemaskinen er altid væk når man skal bruge den. |
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