"I am giving my son the turtle."

Translation: Jeg gir sønnen min skilpadda.

[TiffanyWK]

I thought the turtle was skilpadda

[Luke_5.1991]

It is... are you seeing something different?

[TiffanyWK]

I should have taken a screenshot but there were two of the multiple choice options that had "skilpadden" and the correct answer was one of them

[Luke_5.1991]

"skilpadden" is an alternative form of "skilpadda." All feminine nouns like "skilpadde" can be treated like masculine nouns.

[TiffanyWK]

It said "Jeg gir sonnen min skilpadden" and the other option that had "skilpadda" translated to a completely different sentence

[Luke_5.1991]

"Jeg gir sønnen min skilpadden" is grammatically correct.

[TiffanyWK]

okay, thank you

[Luke_5.1991]

No worries!

[FilipS624477]

Why in this sentece is sønnen min? I thought it should be min sønnen. Can someone explain it to me ?:)

[Tod_Death]

If you put the possessive pronoun ("min") first, you have to use the indistinct (sorry I don't know the correct grammatical term) form of the noun: "Jeg gir min søn skilpadda." If you use the distinct form, "min" has to be behind the noun: "Jeg gir sønnen min skilpadda."
Hope that helps...