Breakdown of Den felles garderoben er liten, men jeg henger jakken min der.
Questions & Answers about Den felles garderoben er liten, men jeg henger jakken min der.
You need den when you have an adjective before a definite common-gender noun. The pattern in Bokmål is
den + adjective + noun + -en
Here, Den felles garderoben means “the shared wardrobe.” Without den, Felles garderobe would be indefinite (“a shared wardrobe”).
Liten has three forms:
• liten for common-gender singular
• lita for feminine singular (optional in Bokmål)
• lite for neuter singular
Since garderoben is treated as common gender here, you use liten.
In Norwegian, when you have a possessive pronoun with a common-gender noun, the more natural order is noun + possessive. You also keep the definite ending on the noun. So:
• en jakke = a jacket
• jakken min = my jacket (definite)
You could say min jakke, but that sounds indefinite (“a jacket of mine”) and is less common.
Der means “there” (a location adverb). In Norwegian the usual word order for place adverbs is Subject–Verb–Object–Adverb, so:
• Jeg henger jakken min der.
= I hang my jacket there.
Putting der at the end makes clear where you hang it.