Questions & Answers about Nogle piger danser i parken.
Why is it just danser when the English translation says 'are dancing'?
Danish doesn't have a separate '-ing' form for things happening right now. The present tense danser means both 'dance' and 'are dancing'.
How do we form the plural in piger?
The singular word for 'girl' is en pige. To make it plural, Danish usually adds an '-r' or '-er' to the end. Since pige already ends in an 'e', we just add '-r' to get piger.
Where is the word for 'the' in parken?
Instead of a separate word for 'the', Danish attaches an ending to the noun. The word for 'a park' is en park, so to say 'the park', you attach that -en to the end to make parken.
Why do we use nogle here instead of nogen?
Nogle means 'some' and is used with plural nouns, like piger (girls). You will also see nogen, but that usually means 'any' or is used with singular nouns. In everyday speech, they often sound exactly the same!