Breakdown of Barnet bruger lim til at sætte stjerner på sin tegning.
på
on
bruge
to use
til
to
stjernen
the star
Questions & Answers about Barnet bruger lim til at sætte stjerner på sin tegning.
Why is it barnet and not barn?
Barnet means the child, while barn means a child or just child in a general sense.
Danish often makes nouns definite by adding an ending:
- et barn = a child
- barnet = the child
This is very common in Danish. Instead of usually having a separate word like English the, Danish often attaches the definite article to the end of the noun.
Because barn is a neuter noun, its definite ending is -et.
What is bruger here, and why does it end in -r?
Bruger is the present tense of bruge, meaning to use.
So:
- at bruge = to use
- bruger = use / uses
In Danish, the present tense usually ends in -r, and it does not change depending on the subject.
For example:
- jeg bruger = I use
- du bruger = you use
- barnet bruger = the child uses
That is simpler than English, where only he/she/it uses gets a special ending.