Word
Hendes hår er langt. Dets farve er rød.
Meaning
Her hair is long. Its color is red.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hendes hår er langt. Dets farve er rød.
være
to be
rød
red
lang
long / far (distance)
hendes
her
Questions & Answers about Hendes hår er langt. Dets farve er rød.
Why doesn't hendes change to match the neuter word hår?
Unlike words for my or your (min or mit), the words for his (hans) and her (hendes) never change form to match the noun they own. They always stay exactly the same!
Why is the word for long spelled langt with an added -t here?
Adjectives need to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because hair is an et-word (et hår), we add a -t to the base adjective lang.
Why do we use dets for its in the second sentence instead of dens?
In Danish, the word for its changes depending on the gender of the noun it refers back to. Here, its refers to the hair (hår). Since hår is an et-word, we use dets. If it referred back to an en-word, we would use dens.
In the second sentence, why is it rød and not rødt?
The adjective rød describes the word farve (color), not the hair itself. Because farve is an en-word (en farve), the adjective stays in its base form without an extra -t.