"Det er en bog om heste."

Translation: It is a book about horses.

[carlasml]

Why does this sentence start with "Det" and not with "Den"? if we are talking about a book ( en bog) shouldn't we use "Den" in the beginning of the sentence?
Thanks in advance :)

[RidderJakob]

That is a very frequently asked question :)

Until the gender of the noun is revealed, you use 'det'. For example:

A: Det er en bog

B: Den er god

B uses 'den' because A established the gender of the noun and can therefore use the article 'den' to refer to 'bogen'

[carlasml]

Thanks RidderJakob :D

[RidderJakob]

No problem! I'm glad I can help :)

[AdrianVeidt33]

Thank you for the explanation Ridder.

[Jules433589]

The app has gine wrong. I am typing in Danish what i hear as the question says, but my answer is rejected again and again saying im typing the English of what i hear, which i am not. App then stops sayi g listening exercises will be back in an hour! Not happy.