Danish and English/Contrastive Grammar

Dan-Eng tests

Gender and Indefinite Articles

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

  (dan) en<det><ind><ut><sg> stor<adj><sint><pst><ut><sg><ind> pige<n><ut><sg><ind> → (eng) a<det><ind><sg> big<adj><sint> girl<n><sg>

• (dan) pigen er stor → (eng) the girl is big

  (dan) → (eng) {{{4}}}

Eng-Dan tests

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".

• (eng) a big girl → (dan) en stor pige

  (eng) a<det><ind><sg> big<adj><sint> girl<n><sg> → (dan) en<det><ind><ut><sg> stor<adj><sint><pst><ut><sg><ind> pige<n><ut><sg><ind>

• (eng) the girl is big → (dan) pigen er stor

  (eng) → (dan) {{{4}}}