"Do I have a child?"
Translation:Har jeg et barn?
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I mean, it is a step in getting better in this language. It also shows how to word a sentence in Norwegian. It is so you don't say something like Har et barn.
Well, men can never be sure, if they ever slept with a woman and didn't see her for at least several months afterwards
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Et is neuter and En is masculine. Ei would be feminine.
Do I have a child - Har jeg et barn
Do I have a dog - Har jeg en hund
Do I have a crow - Har jeg ei kråke
Any feminine noun can be used as a masculine noun in Bokmål, but it's not very common to do that consistently. It's also less common to do that with definite articles than with indefinite articles.
This very much depends on the word; some feminine nouns are almost always inflected as a masculine noun, such as 'kvinne' or 'løve', while for other words it's mixed, and depends on the dialect of the speaker.
I may, possibly, there is a slight chance I have a kid and did not know it? :'D
I think the person is answering a question with a question. Person #1: Do you have a child? Person #2: Do I have a child? Could be sarcastically answering a dumb question with a question.
To form a question in Norwegian, the subject and the verb have to switch places.
- Jeg har et barn. (I have a child.) [S+V+O]
- Har jeg et barn? (Do I have a child?) [V+S+O]
In our country, this is almost a typical situation for some men who do not even know about their children, unfortunately
Isnt the norwegian sentence structure Subject-Verb-Adj so Jeg har et barn?
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It's possible to write your questions like that, but it is more common with verb-subject-object, starting a sentence with a verb immediately tells the listener you're asking a question. Jeg har et barn? also has a greater element of surprise in it, rather than just asking for confirmation.
Not useless. A lot of men never know they had a child from an ex-girlfriend or one-night stand.
Maybe he never knew he was a father because of a one night stand or a breakup before he knew about the pregnancy. It happens a lot!
why with Har jeg is the en, et or ei necessary, but with things like Har dere its not?
