Difference between revisions of "Danish and English/Contrastive Grammar"
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==Grammatical differences== | ==Grammatical differences== | ||
| − | Danish nouns are either common gender or neuter gender. The corresponding indefinite article is either "en" or "er" | + | ===Gender=== |
| + | Danish nouns are either common gender or neuter gender while English nouns are genderless. The corresponding indefinite article for a Danish nouns is either "en" if it is common gender or "er" if it is neuter gender. The corresponding indefinite article for an English noun is always "a". | ||
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| + | *{{transferTest|dan|eng|en stor pige|a big girl}} | ||
==Eng-Dan tests== | ==Eng-Dan tests== | ||
Revision as of 16:29, 22 March 2018
Grammatical differences
Gender
Danish nouns are either common gender or neuter gender while English nouns are genderless. The corresponding indefinite article for a Danish nouns is either "en" if it is common gender or "er" if it is neuter gender. The corresponding indefinite article for an English noun is always "a".
- (dan) en stor pige → (eng) a big girl