"Det er en bjørn."

Translation: It's a bear.

[benjeermin]

I don't really know the pronunciation difference of "der" and "det". Could someone explain it to me, please?

[XiongYan1]

Why is "Den er en bjørn" wrong? Bjørn is hankjønn.

[fveldig]

'det' is used to introduce new information. 'den/det' is used to refer to already known information.

'Det er en bjørn. Den er svær."
('det' introduces 'bjørn' in the first sentence; in the second sentence 'den' refers to 'en bjørn' from the first sentence.)

[XiongYan1]

Tusen takk! :)