"Den spiser et eple."
Translation:It's eating an apple.
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The "den" is some person, which is why the masc./fem. pronoun is used. This "den" can be translated as "he", "she"
"Although not as common as det, den is used to mean it or that when referring to a masculine or feminine subject, and not a neuter one." - From the first notes section of the course.
Just in case anyone skimmed or forgot such as myself!
In case you haven't found them yet: When you're learning on the desktop version, you can find them by clicking one of the lessons and then "tips". I'm not sure if you have them on the app as well, I don't, at least for Norwegian, so I'd recommend using the desktop version. If that's not always possible for you, do that for every new lesson one time to take your own notes for the grammar stuff, it's really helpful :)
So... first the "smørbrø-UH" now the "nnn" sound for den? Why is duo doing these things?!
Is the for real pronunciation of 'den' pronounced 'nn'? Cuz thats all i hear and i barely hear at all.
No, the slow audio is unfortunately incorrect, and that's not something that's easily fixed.
It sounds fine at normal speed; all the letters should be pronounced :)
"That one is eating an apple" works; I am assuming that this would be accompanied by a gesture, such as pointing? Or some other indictator?
In what instances would you use 'den'? Would an animal be a 'den'? Is there a substitute that one could use as to not call an animal an 'it'? Or would that just be han and hun? In English, 'they' can be substituted for 'it' which makes it sound less like an object and more like a subject, even though it is grammatically dubious. Sorry if this question sounds confusing...
