Questions & Answers about Vores sko er ens.
What does each word in Vores sko er ens mean?
- vores = our
- sko = shoe or shoes
- er = are / is
- ens = the same / alike / identical
So the sentence means that the shoes belonging to us are alike.
Why does sko mean both shoe and shoes?
Because sko is one of those Danish nouns whose indefinite singular and indefinite plural have the same form.
- en sko = a shoe
- sko = shoes
- skoen = the shoe
- skoene = the shoes
In Vores sko er ens, the meaning is plural because of context: our shoes are the same.
Why is it vores and not a different form for plural?