Breakdown of Manden har en telefon og en nøgle.
manden
the man
og
and
en
a / an (common)
have
to have
telefonen
the phone
nøglen
the key
Questions & Answers about Manden har en telefon og en nøgle.
Does the verb har change if I want to say I have or we have instead of the man has?
No! One of the best things about Danish verbs is that they do not change depending on who is doing the action. Har is the present tense of at have (to have), so it stays exactly the same whether it is jeg har (I have), vi har (we have), or manden har (the man has).
Why does the sentence start with Manden instead of just Mand?
Mand means man, but we need to say the man. In Danish, the word for the is attached to the end of the noun. Because a man is en mand, you attach -en to the end to get manden (the man).
Why do both telefon and nøgle use en before them?
In Danish, nouns belong to one of two groups: common gender (en-words) or neuter gender (et-words). Both telefon and nøgle are common gender, so they both use en to mean a. You just have to memorize which group a word belongs to when you learn it!
How do I pronounce the word og?
Even though it ends in a g, the g is completely silent here. In everyday speech, og is pronounced just like a short oh sound.
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