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Jeg | I |
du | you (singular) |
han | he |
hun | she |
den | it (common) |
det | it (neuter) |
vi | we |
Object
meg
deg / Dem
ham 'him'
henne 'her'
os 'us'
dere / Dem 'you (pl)'
dem 'them'
De (formal) 'you'; Dem (obj.); Deres 'yours'
Han har snakket om en som heter Sue.
Jeg skal ringe til deg.
Vil du skrive til meg?
Hun setter seg. 'She sits down.'
De setter seg. 'THey sit down.'
Jeg skal gifte meg. 'I shall marry.'
Hun liker seg i Oslo. 'She likes to be in Oslo.'
Bente ringte, men ingen nobody svarte.
denne / dette 'this'
disse 'these'
| you (plural) |
| they |
Note:
- Det is pronounced as if it were spelt de.
- De (always capitalised) is a formal way of saying 'you'
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- and is used by the older generation,
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- young people
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- to older people they don't know and in business correspondence.
Jeg h¢rte ikke tordenværet. But: Jeg h¢rte det ikke.
This only happens when it isn't a modal + verb combination:
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Object
These pronouns can be the object of a sentence or come after prepositions e.g. til.
meg | me |
deg / Dem (formal) | you |
ham | him |
henne | her |
den | it (common) |
det | it (neuter) |
os | us |
dere / Dem (formal) | you (plural) |
dem | them |
Note that meg and deg are pronounced as if they were spelled mei and dei.
Pronouns and word order
Examples needed, esp. of word order when there is a mixture of noun and pronoun objects in the same sentence.