Breakdown of Hun har forelsket sig i sin nabo.
hun
she
i
in
have
to have
naboen
the neighbor
sin
his/her/its own (common)
forelske sig
to fall in love
Questions & Answers about Hun har forelsket sig i sin nabo.
Why does the sentence use the word sig?
In Danish, the verb for falling in love is reflexive: at forelske sig. Because the subject is Hun (She), you must use the matching third-person reflexive pronoun sig (herself). You can think of it literally as enamoring oneself.
Why is the preposition i used instead of med?
Prepositions rarely match up perfectly between languages. While in English you fall in love with someone, in Danish the set phrase is always at forelske sig i, meaning you fall in love in them.
Could I say hendes nabo instead of sin nabo?
Only if she fell in love with a different woman's neighbor! Because the neighbor belongs to the subject of the sentence (Hun), you must use the reflexive possessive pronoun sin for her own neighbor. Using hendes here would mean she loves the neighbor of a third party.
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