"Er den min?"

Translation: Is it mine?

[btalbert]

Wow, the "den" is practically inaudible even when playing it slowed down.

[MatiasHolte]

Some words like "jeg", "er", "den" (which is sometimes replaced by "han", or shorter, "an") come in very many forms, depending on the dialect. And as you say, it's almost inaudible. After all, "min" is the important word in this sentence, and gets the most focus

[WolfgangCorbett]

I found the same thing - slowed down all I heard was "er n min"

[feeble_weakling]

I can definitely hear a "dn" there (without the e), but I'm German and we tend to do that a lot as well

[AlanForrest0]

I presume "er det min" is not correct but I can't see the reason.

[flawinthecode]

oh, that's cause in norsk they match the last letter of the possessive and the noun by its gender. so, "er deT miN?" is wrong, the right one would be "er deN miN?" (eN = masculine; eI = feminine; eT = neutral) :)

[HishamSwei]

why not "er det min" ?

[flawinthecode]

in norsk, as i am "observing" - not my native language as well :P -, they tend to match the last letter of the possessive and noun by its gender. so, it would be like eN = masculine; eI = feminine; eT = neutral. "er deT miN?" is wrong cause it doesn't combine in gender. the right one to use here is "er deN miN?" (2 words ending w an 'n' :))

[SigurdMagn2]

I've noticed the same pattern. I wonder if "er det mitt" is a natural phrasing.

[Willy.CA]

It would be, if in the context we are talking about, we know we are asking about a neutral gender object. I.e: Er det (glass) mitt?
In this circumstance it would be the appropiated way of asking.

[PuraMasa]

So could i use "Mi" instead of "Min" if i was a woman? or am i wrong?

[FanddenRidder]

"miN" is for masculine nouns
"mi" is for feminine nouns
But in this phrase, we dont know if the subject (det) is feminine or masculine, so I dont know why they used "min". Is it optional? Could I use "mi" instead of "min" on this case?
Ex: Det et mi?

[Willy.CA]

No, as general rule of use, if you are talking about something you do not know the gender (or a word brought from other language I.e: er den (iphone) min?) you use masculine. Otherwise you have to use the correct gender.
You also cannot say "er det mi" det is for neutral gender

[deactivated user]

As others have asked, why couldn´t it have been "Er det mitt"?

[Willy.CA]

It would be, if in the context we are talking about, we know we are asking about a neutral gender object. I.e: Er det (glass) mitt? In this circumstance it would be the appropiated way of asking.

[Jaiden165469]

all i hear is "Er MMNN min"

[AkioJuni]

I think that when the sentences are so often use in the language, some letters of the words are not pronounced. Same in any languages, DuoLingo lets us hear how the everyday talk is spoken and heared, a rather good training I think (＾＾)ｂIn English, an example is 'go away' to be heared as 'goway' with a long 'o'