Hun taler med sin mor og laver kaffe samtidig.

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Breakdown of Hun taler med sin mor og laver kaffe samtidig.

• med: with
• hun: she
• kaffen: the coffee

Questions & Answers about Hun taler med sin mor og laver kaffe samtidig.

Why is it sin mor and not hendes mor?

Because sin is a reflexive possessive. It refers back to the subject of the sentence, here hun.

• Hun taler med sin mor = she is talking to/about her own mother.
• Hun taler med hendes mor would usually mean she is talking with another woman’s mother, not her own.

This is a very common thing English speakers need to get used to in Danish:

• sin / sit / sine = his/her/their own
• hans / hendes / deres = someone else’s

Why is it taler med? Does that mean talks with or talks to?

In Danish, tale med nogen is the normal way to say talk to someone or talk with someone.

So Hun taler med sin mor can naturally mean either:

• she is talking to her mother
• she is talking with her mother

English often distinguishes a little between to and with, but Danish med covers the normal idea here.

Useful comparison:

• tale med nogen = talk to/with someone
• tale om noget = talk about something

Can I say snakker instead of taler?