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In this instance, I heard "hennes" as "hormones", and because "jeg drikker" was so deeply ingrained in my mind as "I'm drinking", I read that as "I'm drinking teen hormones", and that raised MANY questions.
Can't it be 'te hennes'? As far as I got it, 'teen' means 'the tea', and 'teen hennes' is.. 'the her tea"?
If I'm wrong, please correct me
Actually you wouldn't say "the tea" because you have a possessive taking over for "the",
Where is my tea? Hvor er teen min? Where is the tea? Hvor er teen?
Jeg drikker teen hennes I am drinking her tea. Jeg drikker teen I am drinking the tea.
Yes, both "teen hennes" and "hennes te" are correct.
As long as you remember that the noun should be definite before a possessive, but indefinite after a possessive, you can use either order.
And yes, I know you know this by now... ;)
Are there formal pronouns in the Norwegian language? (2nd, sg: Sie - German, Vous - French)
There used to be one for the 2nd person singular, "De" (always capitalised), but it's no longer in regular use, and we don't accept it in this course.
Can this also be understood like "I'm drinking the tea she made for me?"
No, the possessive that goes with the first person singular is "min/mi/mitt/mine".
I heard that when you use possessive, you always use the definite form of the word... I may be wrong but it would explain lots of things here ^^
If the noun is placed before the possessive, it needs to be definite, but if you place if after the possessive it's left indefinite.
What's the difference between "hennes" and "sin" - both are used as the possessive her. Why not just use hennes all the time?
"si" / "sin" / "sitt" are used to describe that something (or someone) belongs specifically to that person and nobody else.
"Hun er kona si" means that "She is the spouse of that person." "Det er bilen sin" means that "That is the car owned by that person." "Han elsker huset sitt" means that "He loves his own house."
In the specific case here: "Hennes" could mean that you are drinking the tea she made for you. Or that you used her supply of tea to make yourself one.
Using "sin" here could work in a context, that you - for instance - drink ("steal") the tea she made for herself. "Jeg drikker teen sin" would mean that "I drink the tea that actually belongs to her and not to me."
Also see: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/nb/Possessives/tips-and-notes
