What is it?
Nouns are for example objects, persons and animals.
Basically anything you can prefix with the articles a and the.
The Rules
Indefinite | Prefixed | |
| Common (en) | en [noun] |
| Neuter (en) | et [noun] |
Definite | Suffixed | |
| Common (en) | [noun]+en |
| Neuter (et) | [noun]+et |
Exception!!! |
Definite | Prefixed | |
| Common (en) | den [adj] [noun] |
| Neuter (et) | det [adj] [noun] |
We prefix the definite article when we for example add an adjective (read more) to the noun or when specifiying an object as when saying: den bil (der) (that car (there)).
Examples
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Singular Indefinite | Singular Definite | Singular Definite (prefixed) |
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a car | the car | that car |
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a chair | the chair | that chair |
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a flower | the flower | that flower |
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a house | the house | that house |
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a table | the table | that table |
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a tree | the tree | that tree |