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- "Ditt barn älskar djur."
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Is this pronunciation for djur correct? I'm only wondering because I know the TTS is wrong in some cases.
Damn, I wanted to test if animal is wrong and it is :D Good I learnt something from your comment :)
I mean ”Your child loves animal” is not grammatical English, you’d have to have either ”an animal” or ”animals”.
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If I wanted to say "Your children loves animals", then how do I say that? Is it: "Din barn älskar djur"?
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I'm a little confused now. If the subject is singular ("child"/"barn"), then you would say "Din barn" and if the subject is plural ("children"/"barn"), then you would say "Dina barn"?
Also, would these translations be correct:
Ditt äpple = Your (singular) apple
Din apelsin = Your (singular) orange
Dina äpplen = Your apples (so if "apple" is plural, the pronoun that possesses it also needs to be in plural form?)
Ni äpple = Your (plural) apple
Er apelsiner = your (plural) oranges
Ert äpplen = Your (plural) apples
I'm just confused when to actually use "dina", "er" and "ert".
"ditt barn" because it is "ett barn". "ni" means "you" not "your", so it is "ert apple", notice the 't', because it is "ett apple".
The plural you uses "era" for plural objects, so it is "era äpplen" and "era barn".
So "en", "ett" and plural for both of those create three forms of possessives for each pronoun of 1st person or 2nd person:
Singular or one person:
- I = Jag: "my " can be min, mitt, mina
- You or thou= Du: "your " or "thy " can be din, ditt, dina
Plural or more than one person:
- We = Vi: "our " can be vår, vårt. våra
- You (all) = Ni: "your " can be er. ert. era
3rd person possessives both singular and plural stay the same across those three types when not specifying one's own, thankfully.
He = Han: his = hans
She = Hon: her = hennes
It can be det or den: its = dess
They = De: their = deras, edited my error Thank you Arnauti.
The reflexive form covers all the 3rd person forms when you mean "his own, her own, its own, or their own" "sin, sitt, sina"
Your English is wrong in your question. "Your child loves animals" would be correct, or "Your children love animals" would be correct.
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Barn is an 'ett' word, so you should use 'ditt'. Use din for 'en' words and 'dina' for the plural version of either.
Ok so 'din' is used for en words 'ditt' is used for ett words and 'dina' is used for all the plurals. But what is the use of 'ert'? Plz explain.
ett djur, djuret, djur, djuren
an animal, the animal, animals, the animals
Yes, I know the words for those haha, But why are they using Djur for animals when that isnt the correct word? Am I just not getting it? :D
Child is singular. Children is plural. But barn is either singular or plural. "Ditt barn" is your child. "Dina barn" is your children.
I've had problems learning some of the lessons so far, but these on possessives have just been the most difficult. I'm ready to quit!
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What's the difference between ditt and ert? they both be "your", is it plural your versus singular?
