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Questions & Answers about Mitt hus er stort.
Why is mitt used instead of min?
In Norwegian, possessive pronouns agree with the noun’s gender (and number). Hus (“house”) is a neuter noun, so “my” takes the neuter form mitt. The common-gender form min is used with masculine or feminine nouns.
Why is there no indefinite article et before hus?
When a possessive pronoun appears before a noun, it replaces the indefinite article. Instead of saying et hus (“a house”), you say mitt hus (“my house”).
Why is the adjective stor written as stort in this sentence?
Norwegian adjectives agree in gender and number with the noun they modify. Since hus is neuter and indefinite here, you add -t to the adjective stor, yielding stort.
What is the base (dictionary) form of stort?
The lemma is stor (“big”). The -t ending marks neuter singular indefinite.
How would you say “the house is big” in Norwegian?
Use the definite form of the noun by adding -et: huset er stort.
Can I place the possessive pronoun after the noun, like “the house of mine”?
Yes. Huset mitt literally means “the house my,” but it functions as “my house” when the noun is definite. Here huset is “the house” and mitt still agrees with the neuter noun.
How would I say “my big house” with an attributive adjective?
You can premodify the noun: mitt stort hus. The adjective remains neuter singular indefinite (with -t), just like in er stort.
How would you express “my houses are big” in Norwegian?
The indefinite plural of hus stays hus, but possessive and adjective inflect for plural: mine hus er store, where mine is “my” (plural) and store is the plural adjective form.