"Barna dine spiser epler."

Translation: Your children are eating apples.

[UtkarshSyng]

I'm a little confused about the plural for 'barn'. Is it just 'barn' or 'barna'?

[Deliciae]

"Barn" is the indefinite plural (and singular), while "barna" is the definite plural.

[UtkarshSyng]

So..."mine barn" but "barna mine"?

[Deliciae]

You've got it! :)

[Andrew938721]

How could "mine barn" be indefinite? You said barn is the indefinite plural. Sorry. I'm missing something.

[Jan_D_13]

I think you are missing that "indefinite" isn't the same as "unspecific"?

I'll try to explain to the best of my abilities: While "my children" or "mine barn" are of course very specific children ("yours" in this case), the word "barn" itself is indefinite. It means "child" or "children", without definite article "the". "Barnet" or "barna" on the other hand mean "the child"/"the children", with the definite article "the" (or in the case of the Norwegian words "-et" and "-a" respectively).

[yotavian]

Barn = "Child OR Children"
Barnet = "The child"
Barna = "The children"

[TristinKnapp]

Any tips on how to hear the difference between "barnet" and "barna"? Or is it all going to rely on context clues?

[ycUvuSap]

One ends with "e" sound, the other with "a" sound.

[cindsardella]

I can't hear the difference between epler and eplet... is there one?

[Lea.1717]

"Barna" = definite plural, and "jenta" = indefinite plural, right?

[Deliciae]

You're right about the first one, but "jenta" is the definite singular form.

"Jenter" is the indefinite plural.

[Lea.1717]

Oh yeah. Takk. Now i won't forget it :)

[Lynda.D.2001.]

This sentence made me smile, better to be an eating apple than a sour grape

[Shin-seo]

Didn’t know I had children but at least they’re eating healthy.

[rustichan]

Why would "Your children are eating the apples be wrong"?

[Deliciae]

Because 'epler' is indefinite.

epler = apples
eplene = the apples

[IndreJannArt]

whys is barnet wrong? :(

[Deliciae]

"Barnet" is the definite singular, and this sentences uses the definite plural.

barnet = the child
barna = the children

[AliAbdlhadi]

Why eats is wrong

[Deliciae]

"Eats" is used with the third person singular (he/she/it), but the third person plural uses "eat".

[JoesCathbert]

Is "Your child is eating apples" correct?

[Jan_D_13]

No. Barna is definite plural, definite singular is barnet.

[DeFacto13]

Difference between din and ditt? Min and mitt? Someone hjelp meeeegggg

[Jan_D_13]

din/min is for masculine nouns, ditt/mitt for neuter nouns.