Min veninde skriver altid meget hurtigt, men hun har også det med at glemme et mellemrum efter kommaet.

My female friend always writes very quickly, but she also tends to forget a space after the comma.

Breakdown of Min veninde skriver altid meget hurtigt, men hun har også det med at glemme et mellemrum efter kommaet.

• et: a
• men: but
• min: my
• skrive: to write

Questions & Answers about Min veninde skriver altid meget hurtigt, men hun har også det med at glemme et mellemrum efter kommaet.

Why is veninde used instead of ven?

Veninde specifically means female friend.

• en ven = a friend / a male friend
• en veninde = a female friend

So min veninde tells you that the speaker’s friend is a woman. In everyday Danish, ven can sometimes be used more generally, but veninde is the clear, specific choice here.

Why is it min veninde and not mit veninde?

Because veninde is a common-gender noun in Danish.

• en veninde
• therefore: min veninde

Danish possessives match the gender and number of the noun, not the person who owns it.

Compare:

• min veninde because veninde takes en
• mit mellemrum would be wrong, but et mellemrum means the noun is neuter, so you say mit with that kind of noun in possessive contexts
• mine venner for plural

So the pattern is:

• min
  • en-word
• mit
  • et-word
• mine
  • plural

Why is the word order skriver altid instead of altid skriver?