Word
Drengen vasker sit tøj.
Meaning
The boy washes his clothes.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Drengen vasker sit tøj.
drengen
the boy
vaske
to wash
sit
his/her/its own (neuter)
tøjet
the clothes
Questions & Answers about Drengen vasker sit tøj.
Why do we use "sit" here instead of "hans" for "his"?
In Danish, if the subject of the sentence (the boy) is washing his own clothes, you must use a reflexive possessive like sit. If the sentence used hans, it would mean the boy is washing another boy's clothes!
How do I know whether to use "sin", "sit", or "sine"?
English uses the plural "clothes". Why aren't we using the plural "sine" for "tøj"?
In Danish, tøj is treated as a singular, uncountable noun, very similar to the English word "clothing". Because it acts as a singular noun, it takes the singular word sit instead of the plural sine.
I remember that "dreng" means boy. Why does it have "-en" at the end?
Adding -en to the end of an en-word makes it definite. So while dreng means "a boy", adding the suffix makes drengen mean "the boy".