Min datter blev jaloux, da hendes bror fik en større portion dessert.

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Breakdown of Min datter blev jaloux, da hendes bror fik en større portion dessert.

• min: my
• blive: to become
• få: to get

Questions & Answers about Min datter blev jaloux, da hendes bror fik en større portion dessert.

Why is it min datter and not mit datter or min datteren?

Because datter is a common gender noun in Danish, so the singular possessive is min.

• min = for common gender singular nouns
• mit = for neuter singular nouns
• mine = for plural nouns

Also, when you use a possessive like min, you do not add a separate article. So:

• min datter = my daughter
• not min datteren

The possessive already fills the role that the or a/an would fill in English.

Why is blev used here instead of var?

Blev is the past tense of blive, which often means become.

So blev jaloux means became jealous. It shows a change of state: she was not jealous before, and then she became jealous.

If you said var jaloux, that would mean was jealous, which describes a state without focusing on the change into that state.

So:

• blev jaloux = became jealous
• var jaloux = was jealous

Does jaloux really mean jealous here? Could Danish also use misundelig?