Word
Hvor er vores lejlighed?
Meaning
Where is our apartment?
Part of speech
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Questions & Answers about Hvor er vores lejlighed?
Does vores change its spelling depending on the gender of the noun?
No! Unlike words like min (my), which changes to mit or mine depending on the noun, vores (our) only has one form. It stays exactly the same whether it describes an en word like lejlighed, an et word, or a plural noun.
Since it is our specific apartment, shouldn't it be lejligheden?
No. In Danish, whenever you use a possessive word like vores (our), the noun that follows it must stay in its basic, indefinite form. So it is always vores lejlighed, never vores lejligheden.
How do I pronounce lejlighed?
It looks a bit complicated, but you can break it down. The g in the middle is silent, and the final d is a soft Danish d (which sounds a bit like the th sound in the English word the). It sounds roughly like lie-lee-heth.
Why isn't the h pronounced in Hvor?
In Danish, whenever a word begins with hv, the h is always silent. You simply start pronouncing the word from the v, making Hvor sound exactly like vor.