"Is that your wife?"

Translation: Er det kona di?

[josh324296]

DAYUUUUM

[mlamm]

Still trying to figure out the difference between di, dit, ditt

[griffindd]

di -for grammatically feminine nouns;
din-for grammatically masculine nouns;
ditt - for grammatically neuter nouns

also described in detail at
https://www.duolingo.com/skill/nb/Possessives

[mlamm]

thank you very much!

[bbrWvn]

is "er den kona di?" correct too ?

[trudeam]

My short answer is no. This is "det" used as an "empty" subject of the sentence, not "den"/"det" referring to sth specific. (as "that" in "That's my wife")

The long answer is that it would take a very strange, specific situation for that sentence to make sense. If you were looking at a gathering of wives and were asking a man "Is that one yours?" (literally: is that wife your wife), then I suppose "Er den kona di?" would be a grammatically correct sentence.

[forelockltg]

Why is "Er det kona din" wrong?

[Jam_God]

Because you used the feminine definite version. If you were to use din. It would be "Er det konen din?"

[CathrineMy]

This is explained above. Cant mix gender-determend words

[Marion330438]

Fruen? Kona is a familiar word...why is it wrong and this new word correct? Inconsistency is not helping.