Questions & Answers about Drengen finder en stol.
How do I say "chairs" instead of just one chair?
To make short nouns like stol plural, you simply add an -e to the end, making it stole. This is one of the most common ways to make nouns plural in Danish.
Does the word for "boy" also take an -e in the plural?
Yes! The base word for boy is dreng. Just like stol, you add an -e to make it the plural drenge (boys). The word used in this sentence is drengen, which is the singular form meaning "the boy".
Why does "the boy" become one word (drengen) but "a chair" is two words (en stol)?
In Danish, the word for "a" or "an" comes before the noun as a separate word, like en stol (a chair). But to say "the", you attach that en directly to the end of the noun. So en dreng (a boy) becomes drengen (the boy).
If I change this to "the boys find a chair", does the verb finder change?
No, it stays exactly the same. Danish verbs do not change based on who or how many people are doing the action. Whether it is one boy (drengen) or multiple boys (drengene), the present tense verb is always finder.