"Jenta mi drikker kaffe."
Translation:My girl drinks coffee.
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En datter = A daughter. So if you want to say "My daughter is drinking coffee" you would say "Datteren min drikker kaffe"
'Mi jente' is the informal, somewhat casual way of saying my girl, while 'Jenta mi' is the formal, more affectionate way of saying that. :-)
'Jenta mi' somewhat translates to "the girl of mine", which sounds cuter or more respectful than just "my girl" (Mi jente). That's why it (Jenta mi) is formal. Hope this helped...... :-)
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If you read the tips and notes for the Possessives skill, you'll see that the opposite is true. "Mi jente" is formal and "jenta mi" is informal.
If translating "The girl is drinking my coffee.", would it be "Jenta drikker kaffe min."?
And if "My girl is drinking my coffee.", "Jenta mi drikker kaffe min."?
You need the definite ending on kaffe (kaffen), but otherwise yes. Although, you could say Jenta drikker min kaffe without needing the definite ending.
Because you've used the feminine noun "jenta" with the masculine possessive "min".
The viable options are:
Jenta mi (f)
Jenten min (m)Mi/Min jente (f/m)
Because "mitt" only applies to neuter-form nouns, not feminine or masculine nouns.
What about "mitt"? As I can see, feminine form ended in -a would be " mi", and masculine form would be "min". Can I suppose mitt would be used for neutral forms, like those ended in -et?
Could some one explain to me why the translation " the girl drinks my coffee" is not correct? Jenta means "the girl". So to me it would make more sense if the sentence was "Jente mi drikker kaffe". Jente meaning one girl.
I was taught that when you use a possessive right after a noun, the noun has to be definite, so because of that it can't be "jente". "Mi jente" is okay but if you change the order it's "jenta mi". They both mean "my girl" though, it's just a different way to say it.
ok, just so I am completely clear. When you say they are both correct, does that mean they can be used interchangeably or is one order more preferable in certain situations?
See https://www.duolingo.com/skill/nb/Possessives/tips-and-notes
According to this, "mi jente" is more formal while "jenta mi" is more informal. And "mi jente" should be used if the "my" is stressed ("MY girl drinks coffee").
I see, I just wasn't looking at the "Mi" the right way. It seems more natural for it to be "the girl" vs "my girl". The way it reads makes a lot more sense.
Thank you.
I'm confused with the gender.So the gender of the possesive pronoun depends on the gender of the person speaking? If jente is feminin, shouldn't it always be "mi"?
No, it depends only on the gender of the subject, the girl here. But most of feminine words in Norwegian can be both masculine and feminine. Eg. you can say both en jente and ei jente. That's why you can use all four forms in this example.
Hello, i am a begginner but i found it easy to learn the possissive nous/pronouns via this video: https://youtu.be/EGQQk67uv9M I hope you find it helpful as well. :)
where can I find the tips and notes for the possessives that DanielHeck2 is referring to?
I didn't know where the "mi" was supposed to be. This sentence had me all over the place. I put "The girl is drinking my coffee".
Would my girl be more of my girlfriend or my daughter? Or maybe something else?
Can be both/either but if you're referring to your daughter, you can always use datter instead. Or a form of it. (Ex. Døtre, døtrene)