Breakdown of Kvinden har pengene i sin nye pung.
kvinden
the woman
i
in
have
to have
ny
new
sin
his/her/its own (common)
pengene
the money
pungen
the wallet
Questions & Answers about Kvinden har pengene i sin nye pung.
Why is pengene plural when 'money' is singular in English?
In Danish, the word for money, penge, is always plural. To say 'the money', you add the plural definite ending -ne to make pengene.
Why does the sentence use sin instead of hendes for 'her'?
The word sin means 'her own'. Whenever the subject of the sentence (the woman) owns the object (the wallet), Danish uses sin, sit, or sine. If you used hendes here, it would mean the money was in a completely different woman's wallet!
Why does nye have an 'e' at the end if there is only one wallet?
Normally, you add an 'e' to adjectives for plurals or for definite nouns (when you say 'the' something). However, possessive words like sin, min, or hans act just like 'the', so they also force the adjective to take the -e ending. That is why ny becomes nye.
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