Breakdown of Min farmor er meget gammel.
være
to be
gammel
old
min
my
meget
very; much, a lot
farmoren
the grandmother (father's mother)
Questions & Answers about Min farmor er meget gammel.
Why does Danish use farmor instead of a general word for grandmother?
In Danish, you usually specify exactly which side of the family a grandparent is on. farmor literally translates to "father's mother" (far + mor). If you were talking about your mother's mother, you would use mormor.
Why is the word for "my" min here, and not mit?
Possessive words like "my" must match the gender of the noun they belong to. Because farmor is a person, she takes the common gender (en farmor), so we use min. If you were talking about a neuter word like an apple (et æble), you would use mit.
Does the adjective gammel change if the subject is plural?
Yes! Adjectives in Danish add an -e for plural nouns. If you were talking about both grandparents being old, you would use the plural form gamle (notice that it also drops one m). For example: Mine bedsteforældre er meget gamle.
How is meget actually pronounced in spoken Danish?
The spelling of meget is very misleading for English speakers. The g and the t are essentially silent. It is pronounced as a single syllable that sounds a bit like "mal", ending in the tricky Danish "soft d" sound rather than a hard consonant.
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