Questions & Answers about Vi ser tre store huse.
Does the number tre change depending on the gender of the noun?
No. In Danish, numbers from two onwards never change form to match the noun's gender. Because we are saying "three", it is always tre whether the noun is common gender or neuter. (Only the number one changes: en or et).
Why is the word for "big" written as store instead of stor here?
Because adjectives in Danish must match the noun they describe. Since there are tre huse (three houses), the noun is plural. Most Danish adjectives add an -e when describing a plural noun, making stor into store.
Is adding -e the normal way to make nouns plural, like with huse?
It is one of the common ways! The singular is et hus (a house). To make it plural, we just add -e to get huse (houses). Another very common plural ending you will learn is -er.
Does the Danish word tre sound like the English word "tree"?
Not quite! The Danish e at the end of tre sounds more like the "e" in the English word "pet". Combined with the soft Danish r pronounced in the back of the throat, it sounds a bit like "t-heh".