Danish grammar
Pronouns & possessive adjectives
Pronoun as subject |
Pronoun as object |
Possessive adjectives/ Possessive pronouns |
Reflexive possessive adjectives |
Reflexive pronouns |
| I jeg |
me mig |
my, mine |
myself mig |
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| you du |
you dig |
your, yours din dit dine |
yourself dig |
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| he han | him ham | his, his hans |
his sin sit sine |
himself sig |
| she hun |
her hende |
her, hers hendes |
her sin sit sine |
herself sig |
| it den det |
it den det |
its, its dens dets |
its sin sit sine |
itself sig |
| we vi |
us os |
our, ours vores |
ourselves os |
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| you I |
you jer |
your, yours jeres |
yourselves jer |
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| they de |
them dem |
their, theirs deres |
their sin sit sine |
themselves sig |
| Jeg elsker dig I love you |
Jeg elsker dig I love you |
Det er min bil - Bilen er min It is my car - The car is mine |
Jeg vasker mig I wash myself |
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| In the sentences below, the subject loves someone else's wife/husband/children | In the sentences below, the subject loves his/her own wife, husband/children | |||
| Han elsker hans kone He loves his wife |
Han elsker sin kone He loves his wife |
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| Hun elsker hendes mand She loves her husband |
Hun elsker sin mand She loves her husband |
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| Han elsker hans/hendes børn He loves his children |
Han elsker sine børn He loves his children |
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| De elsker deres barn/børn They love their child/children |
De elsker deres barn They love their child De elsker deres børn They love their children The adjective remains 'deres' when the subject is plural (they). |
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| Possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives sometimes look the same, but have different functions. On this page I group them together for convenience and simplicity, and mark the possessive adjectives in this color. | ||||
| Possessive pronoun: The car is mine (is used on its own) | ||||
| Possessive adjective: It is my car (describes the noun [car]) | ||||
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