Breakdown of Jeres søster er i haven.
være
to be
i
in
søsteren
the sister
jeres
your (plural) / yours (plural)
Questions & Answers about Jeres søster er i haven.
Why do we use jeres instead of din for "your"?
Jeres is the plural form of "your." You use it when you are talking to two or more people at the same time (like saying "you guys' sister"). If you were talking to just one person, you would use din.
Since søster is an en word, shouldn't jeres change its spelling to match the gender?
Actually, no! This is the nice thing about the plural "owner" words (vores, jeres, deres). Unlike singular possessives that change spelling (like min/mit or din/dit), they never change their form. You use jeres whether the noun is an en word, an et word, or plural.
Why doesn't søster have an -en at the end if we are talking about a specific sister?
In Danish, whenever you put a possessive word like jeres (your) in front of a noun, the noun drops its "the" ending and stays in its basic form. You just say jeres søster, exactly like in English where we say "your sister" and never "your the sister."
How do we know haven means "the garden" instead of just "garden"?
The basic word for "a garden" is en have. To say "the garden", Danish attaches the article to the end of the word. Since have already ends in an -e, we just add an -n to make it haven.