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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:
- Learn About Pronouns in Norwegian Part 1
- Learn About Pronouns in Norwegian Part 2
- Learn About Pronouns in Norwegian Part 3
- Learn About Pronouns in Norwegian Part 4
Let’s continue with our lessons on pronouns. In this lesson, we shall learn about reflexive pronouns. Below is an example.
| Norwegian | English |
| Han vasker seg. | He washes himself. |
As you can see in the example above, Han is a personal pronoun and seg is a reflexive pronoun.
Below are some more examples to help you understand how to use reflexive pronouns.
| Norwegian | English |
| Jeg vasker meg. | I wash myself. |
| Jeg setter meg. | I seat myself. |
| Vi vasker oss. | We wash ourselves. |
| Vi setter oss. | We seat ourselves. |
| Du vasker deg. | You wash yourself. |
| Du setter deg. | You seat yourself. |
| Dere vasker dere. | You wash yourselves. |
| Dere setter dere. | You seat yourselves. |
| Han vasker seg. | He washes himself. |
| Han setter seg. | He seats himself. |
| Hun vasker seg. | She washes herself. |
| Hun setter seg. | She seats herself. |
| Den vasker seg. | It washes itself. |
| Den setter seg. | It seats itself. |
| Det vasker seg. | It washes itself. |
| Det setter seg. | It seats itself. |
| De vasker seg. | They wash themselves. |
| De setter seg. | They seat themselves. |
You may have noticed that Den/Det represent It. Which one to use is based on the gender of the nouns. For Hankjønn/Hunkjønn nouns, you use Den. For Intetkjønn nouns, you use Det. For more details you can Learn About Nouns in Norwegian.
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