"Hvis katte er de?"

Translation: Whose cats are they?

[clayh]

What is the distinction between "whose cats are THEY/THOSE" and "whose cats are THESE"?

[bjarkehs]

they/those = "de" or "de der". these = "disse" eller "de her". Please not that "de der" and "de her" are mostly used in speech and are not as common in writing.

[franskoek]

Also got this wrong - the explanation makes sense although the distinction feels slight :-)

[deactivated user]

these and those are interchangeable for the most part in English, although I know that These are closer than those!

[KrisiKrisi]

These are the old crazy lady's cats. She probably has around 50 or more..

[Marty97211]

He says "katte" as a single syllable: "kat."