Learn About Pronouns in Norwegian Part 2

A pronoun is called as pronomen in Norwegian. A pronoun is something that can be used in place of a noun. Pronouns are one of the most important part of the grammar and you should learn these well.

If you are not familiar with a pronoun, you should start from:

1. Learn About Pronouns in Norwegian Part 1

Let’s continue with our lessons on pronouns. We have already learnt about personal pronouns in part 1. This lesson shows the ownership group of pronouns.

Eiendomspronomen

As the name implies this group of pronouns shows the ownership (eiendom). Below are some examples:

Norwegian	English
Huset er mitt.	The house is mine.
Katten er din.	The cat is yours.
Boka er hans.	The book is his.
Bøkene er våre.	The books are ours.
Bøkene er deres.	The books are yours.

These pronouns rely heavily on the gender of the nouns. So if you are not familiar with them you must Learn About Nouns in Norwegian and Learn About Norwegian Nouns and Articles.

Below are examples of the 1st person use of ownership pronouns. The English translations are not the best but I hope you understand what it means.

Hankjønn

Entall (Singular)		Flertall (Plural)
Ubestemt (Indefinite)	Bestemt (Definite)	Ubestemt (Indefinite)	Bestemt (Definite)
min hund  my dog	hunden min  the dog mine	mine hunder  my dogs	hundene mine  the dogs mine
vår hund  our dog	hunden vår  the dog ours	våre hunder  our dogs	hundene våre  the dogs ours

 

Hunkjønn

Entall (Singular)		Flertall (Plural)
Ubestemt (Indefinite)	Bestemt (Definite)	Ubestemt (Indefinite)	Bestemt (Definite)
mi veske  my purse	veska mi  the purse mine	mine vesker  my purses	veskene mine  the purses mine
vår veske  our purse	veska vår  the purse ours	våre vesker  our purses	veskene våre  the purses ours

 

Intetkjønn

Entall (Singular)		Flertall (Plural)
Ubestemt (Indefinite)	Bestemt (Definite)	Ubestemt (Indefinite)	Bestemt (Definite)
mitt hus  my house	huset mitt  the house mine	mine hus  my houses	husene mine  the houses mine
vårt hus  our house	huset vårt  the house ours	våre hus  our houses	husene våre  the houses ours