Børnene har hver sit bord i det lille rum, så de kan lave lektier i ro.

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Breakdown of Børnene har hver sit bord i det lille rum, så de kan lave lektier i ro.

• bordet: the table
• rummet: the room
• lille: small

Questions & Answers about Børnene har hver sit bord i det lille rum, så de kan lave lektier i ro.

Why is børnene used here instead of børn?

Børnene means the children. The ending -ene makes it definite plural.

• et barn = a child
• børn = children
• børnene = the children

So the sentence is talking about a specific group of children, not children in general.

Why does the sentence say hver sit bord?

This is a very common Danish pattern: hver sin/sit/sine.

It means something like each their own.

So:

• hver sit bord = each has their own table/desk

Danish often expresses this idea with hver plus a possessive form that agrees with the thing owned. English usually just says each has their own desk, but Danish packages it more tightly.

Why is it sit and not sin?

Because sit agrees with the noun bord.

In Danish:

• sin is used with common-gender singular nouns
• sit is used with neuter singular nouns
• sine is used with plural nouns

Since bord is a neuter noun (et bord), the correct form is sit.

Examples:

• hver sin stol = each their own chair
• hver sit bord = each their own table/desk
• hver sine bøger = each their own books