Breakdown of Femten drenge og seksten piger læser bogen.
og
and
drengen
the boy
pigen
the girl
læse
to read
bogen
the book
femten
fifteen
seksten
sixteen
Questions & Answers about Femten drenge og seksten piger læser bogen.
Is the -ten ending on femten and seksten exactly like "-teen" in English?
Yes, it works just like it does in English! Femten (15) is fem (5) plus -ten, and seksten (16) is seks (6) plus -ten. Just be careful with the pronunciation of seksten, as the 'k' is usually silent and it sounds more like "sej-sten".
Why do drenge and piger have different plural endings?
Danish does not have a single "s" ending for plurals like English. Nouns usually add either -e or -er to become plural. Here, dreng (boy) takes an -e to become drenge, while pige (girl) adds an -r to become piger. You just have to learn which ending goes with which noun as you meet them.
If there are thirty-one people reading, why does the verb læser look singular?
Because Danish verbs never change based on who or how many people are doing the action! Whether it is one person (han læser) or thirty-one people (de læser), the verb always stays exactly the same in the present tense.
I see bogen means "the book". Does the -en at the end mean it is plural?
No, the -en ending here means "the", not plural! In Danish, to say "the", you attach -en or -et to the end of a singular noun. So bog (book) becomes bogen (the book). If you wanted to say "the books" (plural), it would be bøgerne.
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