Words like I, me, you, we, them etc. are known as nouns as they stand in the place of nouns.
Subject
These pronouns can be the subject of a sentence.
jeg |
I |
du / De (formal) |
you (singular) |
han |
he |
hun |
she |
den |
it (common) |
det |
it (neuter) |
vi |
we |
dere / De (formal) |
you (plural) |
de |
they |
Note:
- Det is pronounced as if it were spelt de.
- De (always capitalised) is a formal way of saying 'you' and is used by the older generation, young people to older people they don't know and in business correspondence.
- Both De and de (they) are pronounced as if they were written di.
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.
ExercisesNorwegian Pronoun Exercises]