Determinatives / Determinativ
Determinatives is a class of words that includes possessives, demonstratives, quantity words, and other words that emphasize another determinative (for example: my own). We will start with possessives.
3.1 Possessives Intro
Introduction to Possessives /Possessiver.
Possessives express belonging or relationship.
Examples:
Our house is a very very very fine house.
This land is our land, this land is your land …
Norwegian possessives, except those ending in -s, must agree in number and gender with the noun possessed.
The possessive is usually placed after the noun, which is in the definite form.
min/mi/mitt/mine
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din/di/ditt/dine
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Examples: |
Det er boka mi. That is my book. |
Det er bordet ditt. That is your table. |
| Det er hatten min. That is my hat. |
Det er er hattene dine. Those are your hats. |