Breakdown of Hans nye telefon har et godt kamera, og den er lige så hurtig som din.
være
to be
den
it (common)
og
and
et
a / an (neuter)
have
to have
telefonen
the phone
hurtig
fast
god
good
ny
new
din
your (singular)
hans
his
så
then, so
lige
just, right (now, here)
som
as (in comparisons)
kameraet
the camera
Questions & Answers about Hans nye telefon har et godt kamera, og den er lige så hurtig som din.
How does the "as fast as" comparison work in this sentence?
To say "as [adjective] as" in Danish, we use the pattern lige så + adjective + som. In this sentence, lige så hurtig som literally means "just as fast as". You will use this lige så ... som structure whenever you want to state that two things are equal in some quality.
Why is the adjective nye used instead of ny in Hans nye telefon?
When an adjective comes after a possessive word like Hans (his), it must take its definite form, which almost always ends in -e. So even though there is only one phone, we must use nye instead of the basic form ny.
Why does godt have a -t at the end in et godt kamera?
The word kamera is an et-word. When an adjective describes a singular et-word, it normally gets a -t added to the end. Therefore, the basic adjective god becomes godt to match the gender of the noun.
Why do we use den and din in the second half of the sentence instead of det and dit?
Both of these words refer back to telefon, which is an en-word. We use den to mean "it" when replacing an en-word, and we use din (yours) because the item being compared to (the other phone) is also an en-word.
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