Breakdown of Er dine nye tasker af læder?
være
to be
tasken
the bag
ny
new
din
your (singular)
af
of
læderet
the leather
Questions & Answers about Er dine nye tasker af læder?
Why do we use dine instead of din or dit?
In Danish, the word for "your" changes to match the noun it describes. Because tasker (bags) is plural, we use the plural form dine. If it were a singular bag (en taske), you would use din.
Why is there an "e" at the end of nye?
Just like the word for "your", adjectives must match the noun they describe. The base word for "new" is ny, but we add an "e" to make it nye because the noun tasker is plural.
How does af læder mean "made of leather"?
The preposition af usually means "of" or "by". In Danish, you don't always need an extra verb like "made" (lavet) when talking about materials. Just saying af læder (of leather) is the standard, natural way to express that something is made out of leather.
Why does the sentence start with the verb er?
To turn a statement into a yes/no question in Danish, you simply swap the subject and the verb. "Your new bags are..." is Dine nye tasker er..., so putting Er first makes it the question "Are your new bags...?".
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