Questions & Answers about Det er hans første tur.
Why does the sentence start with Det instead of Den, since tur is an en word?
When you use "It is..." or "This is..." to introduce what something is, Danish always uses the neuter pronoun Det. You only use Den if you are referring back to a specific en word that was already mentioned in a previous sentence.
Does hans (his) need to change to match the gender of tur?
No, it doesn't. Unlike words like min (my) or din (your), which change to mit or dit for et words, the words hans (his) and hendes (her) never change. They stay exactly the same for all nouns.
I noticed første ends in an 'e'. Is this because it comes after a possessive word like hans?
Normally, adjectives do add an 'e' when they come after a possessive word. However, første (first) is an ordinal number that already ends in 'e' in its base dictionary form. It never changes, no matter what noun it describes.
Can tur be used in other ways?
Yes! Besides a "trip" or a "tour", tur is also the word for a "turn" in a game or a line. For example, Det er min tur means "It is my turn". It is also often used in compound words to talk about going for a walk (en gåtur) or a drive (en køretur).
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