"Dit barn læser min bog."
Translation:Your child is reading my book.
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Why is it "dit" and not "din"? Is it because of the gender of the word "barn"?
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din for common (n-words) for example: Din bil (Your car)
dit for neuter (t-word) for example: Dit hus (Your house)
dine for plurals, for example: Dine penge (Your money)
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Is there an easy way (or rather are there any clues to help you) to recognise whether a word is common or neuter or do you just have to learn the grammatic gender of each word ?
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Why is barn a t-word? Aren't t-words said (generally) to be uncountable: like fire, water, etc? Kids are countable. Is this a word you just need to know? Same with apple.
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Gender (common versus neuter) is a separate distinction to countable-uncountable. I would go so far as to say it is entirely unrelated.
Wait a minute... your child is reading my book... I might have Dark Tower... OH NO YOUR CHILD IS READING MY DARK TOWER BOOK
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SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO FIRST-LANGUAGE ENGLISH SPEAKERS WHAT CONSTITUTES A 'COMMON GENDER' WORD AND WHAT MAKES A 'NEUTER GENDER' WORD, PLEEEASE!!! WE HAVE NO CONCEPT OF WORDS HAVING DIFFERENT GENDERS!!! THEY ARE WORDS, NOT BIOLOGICAL THINGSSS!!!
