Questions & Answers about Min nabo er rar.
What does min mean, and why is it min instead of mit or mine?
Min means my.
Danish possessives change depending on the gender and number of the noun:
- min = for a singular common gender noun
- mit = for a singular neuter noun
- mine = for plural nouns
Nabo is a common gender singular noun, so min nabo is correct.
Examples:
- min nabo = my neighbor
- mit hus = my house
- mine venner = my friends
Why is there no article before nabo?
Because in Danish, a possessive like min normally replaces the article.
So you say:
- min nabo = my neighbor
not something like min en nabo or min naboen.
This works much like English, where we say my neighbor, not my the neighbor.
Does nabo mean a male neighbor only?
No. Nabo can refer to a neighbor of any gender.
The noun itself is grammatically a common gender noun, but that grammatical gender does not mean the person must be male.
So min nabo can mean:
- my male neighbor
- my female neighbor
If needed, Danish can specify gender in other ways, but nabo by itself is neutral in meaning.