Questions & Answers about Barnet fik nyt legetøj i fødselsdagsgave.
Why is it barnet and not just barn?
Because barnet is the definite form: the child.
- et barn = a child
- barnet = the child
Danish usually adds the definite ending directly to the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.
Here, barn is a neuter noun, so its definite singular ending is -et:
- et barn → barnet
What tense is fik, and what verb does it come from?
Fik is the past tense of få.
- få = to get / to receive
- fik = got / received
It is an irregular verb, so the past tense is not formed by simply adding a regular ending.
A few useful forms:
- at få = to get
- får = get / gets
- fik = got
- har fået = have/has gotten, received
Why is it nyt legetøj and not ny legetøj?