Questions & Answers about Mit fornavn er Anne.
Why do we use mit here instead of min?
In Danish, possessive words like my change depending on the gender of the noun they describe. Because the word for first name is an et-word (et fornavn), you must use the neuter form mit instead of the en-word form min.
How is the word fornavn built?
It is a compound word combining for (front or fore) and navn (name). This makes it easy to remember the word for last name, which is efternavn, using efter (after).
If I want to ask someone's first name, do I just say What is your first name in Danish?
You can say Hvad er dit fornavn? and people will understand perfectly, but it sounds a bit like a direct translation from English. A much more natural Danish phrase is Hvad hedder du til fornavn? (literally: What are you called for first name?).
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