"The man's book"
Translation:Boken til mannen
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In this case: 's, it's denoting the ownership of the book.
til = to, for, of, until
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What is the difference between boken til mannen and mannens bok? Are they both acceptable?
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Is there a preference between boken til mannen and mannens bok? Both are accepted as correct in Duolingo
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I don't have any numbers to back it up, but i feel we see more phrases structured like mannens bok in Duolingo than boken til mannen. So my guess is that would be the more common in practice (i'm not a native Norwegian speaker, so just my educated guess).
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Does "Mannen sin bok" translate literally to "The man his book"? What's most common, if any: "Boken til mannen" or "Mannen sin bok"?
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'Mannen sin bok' is, to my understanding, ungrammatical. 'Mannens bok' is accepted, however.
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The definite form of the noun has to be used with this way of showing possession.
