Word
Hun taler med en nabo, hvis postkasse står ved den røde dør.
Meaning
She talks with a neighbor whose mailbox is by the red door.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Hun taler med en nabo, hvis postkasse står ved den røde dør.
en
a
stå
to be located
rød
red
med
with
Questions & Answers about Hun taler med en nabo, hvis postkasse står ved den røde dør.
What does hvis mean here?
Here, hvis means whose. It introduces a relative clause and shows possession:
en nabo, hvis postkasse står ved den røde dør
= a neighbor whose mailbox is by the red door
Danish hvis can also mean if, but not in this sentence. The grammar here clearly shows the whose meaning.
What does hvis refer back to?
It refers back to en nabo.
So the sentence is talking about a neighbor, and then adds more information about that neighbor: the neighbor is the one whose mailbox stands by the red door.
Why is there a comma before hvis?
Because hvis postkasse står ved den røde dør is a relative clause giving extra information about en nabo.
This sentence uses a start comma, which is very common and fully acceptable in Danish. So the comma marks the beginning of the subordinate clause.
Why is it en nabo and not naboen?