Breakdown of Denne meldingen er for privat.
være
to be
denne
this
meldingen
the message
for privat
too private
Questions & Answers about Denne meldingen er for privat.
Why is denne used here instead of dette or den?
Denne means this and is used with masculine / common-gender singular nouns like melding.
- dette = this (with neuter nouns, e.g. dette huset – this house)
- denne = this (with common gender nouns, e.g. denne meldingen – this message)
- den = that (or this in some contexts, but more pointing/contrasting: den meldingen = that message / that particular message)
Since melding is common gender (usually en melding), the correct form for this is denne.
What does the -en at the end of meldingen mean?
The -en ending marks the definite singular form:
- en melding = a message
- meldingen = the message
In Norwegian, when you use a demonstrative like denne (this), the noun usually appears in the definite form as well. This is called double definiteness:
- denne meldingen = literally this the-message, which just means this message.
Why isn’t it denne melding without the -en?