Breakdown of Vi ser tretten huse og fjorten biler.
bilen
the car
huset
the house
og
and
se
to see / to look at
vi
we
tretten
thirteen
fjorten
fourteen
Questions & Answers about Vi ser tretten huse og fjorten biler.
How do Danish numbers like tretten (13) and fjorten (14) compare to English?
Just like English uses the ending '-teen' (meaning ten), Danish adds -ten to the base number. Tre (three) becomes tretten (thirteen), and fire (four) becomes fjorten (fourteen). Notice that the spelling of the base number changes slightly when adding the ending, which also happens in English.
Why do hus and bil get different plural endings here (huse and biler)?
Danish has a few different ways to make nouns plural. Many short neuter nouns like et hus (a house) just add -e to become huse. Common gender words like en bil (a car) usually add -er to become biler. You will pick up these patterns as you learn more words!
Why is the verb ser instead of just se?
Ser is the present tense of the infinitive verb at se (to see). In Danish, you form the present tense of almost all verbs by adding -r to the infinitive. The verb stays exactly the same no matter who is doing the action: jeg ser, han ser, and vi ser.
Does the word og (and) affect the word order in this sentence?
No, og is a simple conjunction that just links the two groups of objects together without changing the word order. The structure of this sentence is exactly the same as it is in English: subject, verb, and then the objects.
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