Breakdown of Har du din mobil med?
du
you
have
to have
din
your (singular)
med
with; by (bus, train) / of, to (the meaning or point of something)
mobilen
the mobile phone
Questions & Answers about Har du din mobil med?
Why does the sentence end with just med instead of med dig?
In Danish, the phrase at have med means to bring or to have with you. The pronoun is already implied by the context, so you do not need to add dig after med. You just place med on its own.
Why is med placed at the very end of the sentence?
har ... med acts as a two-part verb. In Danish questions, the main verb (har) takes the first position, while the small extra word (med) gets pushed to the end, wrapping around the object (din mobil).
Why do we use din here instead of dit?
The word for mobile phone is en mobil, which is a common gender noun. Possessive pronouns must match the gender of the noun they belong to, so we use din for en words. If it were an et word, you would use dit.
Is mobil the normal way to say cell phone in everyday Danish?
Yes, Danes usually shorten the full word mobiltelefon to just mobil. It is the most common and natural way to refer to your phone in daily conversations.
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