Breakdown of Moren besøger sin datter, og hun krammer hende.
hun
she
og
and
moren
the mother
datteren
the daughter
sin
his/her/its own (common)
besøge
to visit
kramme
to hug
hende
her
Questions & Answers about Moren besøger sin datter, og hun krammer hende.
Why do we use hende at the end instead of hun or hendes?
Hende is the object pronoun for "her". We use it here because the daughter is receiving the hug. Hun is the subject form ("she"), and hendes is the possessive form ("hers"), neither of which fits as the receiver of an action.
The English translation says "her daughter" and "hugs her". Why are two different Danish words (sin and hende) used for "her"?
In English, "her" can be a possessive word ("her daughter") or an object word ("hugs her"). Danish uses different words for these. Sin is a possessive word meaning "her own", showing whose daughter it is. Hende is the object pronoun used when a female receives an action, like being hugged.
In the phrase hun krammer hende, how do we know who is hugging who?
Danish uses strict subject and object pronouns just like the English words "she" and "her". Hun means "she" (the one doing the action), and hende means "her" (the one receiving it). Since the mother was the subject of the first part of the sentence, hun refers to the mother hugging the daughter.
Why is the word for mother written as moren?
Mor simply means "mother". Because the sentence says "the mother", we need the definite form. In Danish, you say "the" by attaching an ending to the noun. Adding -en makes it moren.
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