Min hund biter inte.

the dog

Breakdown of Min hund biter inte.

• min: my
• inte: not
• bita: to bite

Questions & Answers about Min hund biter inte.

Why is it min and not mitt?

Because hund is a common-gender noun, also called an en word: en hund = a dog.

Swedish possessives change to match the gender/number of the noun:

• min
  • singular en word: min hund
• mitt
  • singular ett word: mitt hus
• mina
  • plural: mina hundar

So min hund is the correct form.

Why is it hund and not hunden?

After a possessive like min, Swedish normally uses the noun in its indefinite form:

• min hund = my dog
• din bil = your car

The form hunden means the dog. In standard Swedish, you normally do not say min hunden.

So:

• hund = dog
• hunden = the dog
• min hund = my dog

What form is biter?