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    The Adjectives: Regular Endings

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    In Danish, adjectives decline based on the gender and number of nouns as well as their definiteness. Regular adjectives have no ending for nouns with the indefinite article "en", end in "-t" for nouns with the definite article "et", and end in "-e" for plural nouns and known forms. Irregular adjectives have various special rules for their endings, such as those ending in vowels, consonants, "-en", "-el", "-er", "-et", "-t", or "-sk". The known form of a noun plus adjective is constructed as "definer + adjective ending in -e + noun".

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    In Danish, adjectives decline based on the gender and number of nouns as well as their definiteness. Regular adjectives have no ending for nouns with the indefinite article "en", end in "-t" for nouns with the definite article "et", and end in "-e" for plural nouns and known forms. Irregular adjectives have various special rules for their endings, such as those ending in vowels, consonants, "-en", "-el", "-er", "-et", "-t", or "-sk". The known form of a noun plus adjective is constructed as "definer + adjective ending in -e + noun".

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    In Danish, adjectives decline based on the gender and number of nouns as well as their definiteness. Regular adjectives have no ending for nouns with the indefinite article "en", end in "-t" for nouns with the definite article "et", and end in "-e" for plural nouns and known forms. Irregular adjectives have various special rules for their endings, such as those ending in vowels, consonants, "-en", "-el", "-er", "-et", "-t", or "-sk". The known form of a noun plus adjective is constructed as "definer + adjective ending in -e + noun".

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    The Adjectives: Regular Endings

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    In Danish, adjectives decline based on the gender and number of nouns as well as their definiteness. Regular adjectives have no ending for nouns with the indefinite article "en", end in "-t" for nouns with the definite article "et", and end in "-e" for plural nouns and known forms. Irregular adjectives have various special rules for their endings, such as those ending in vowels, consonants, "-en", "-el", "-er", "-et", "-t", or "-sk". The known form of a noun plus adjective is constructed as "definer + adjective ending in -e + noun".

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    InDanishtheadjectivesdeclineaccordingtothegenderandnumberofthe nounsandtothedefinitenessofthenouns.Regularadjectiveseitherhaveno ending,endontorendone:Noendingfornounswiththearticleen,tending foretnounsandeendingforpluralandforknownformofnounplusadjective. Regularendings


    En words: - no ending Et words: - t ending Plural: - e ending Known form: - e ending en rd nse et rdt re rde nser; rde rer den rde nse; mit rde re; nsen er rd, min nse er rd ret er rdt, mit re er rdt nserne er rde, mine rer er rde Peters rde rer; folks rde nser

    Knownformofnounplusadjectiveisinprincipalalwayscomposedasa sandwich:Firstcomesadefiner:den/det/de/min/Peters....,thencomesthe adjectiveendingoneandthenthenoun.Butwhenthenounisrepeated,you leaveitouttohaveanopensandwich: Jegtogdenrdecykel,Peterdengrnne.(Itooktheredbike,Peterthegreen.) Irregularadjectives: 1. A general rule for Danish spelling says that ending after syllable with short vowel causes doubling of the consonant: en grn Tuborg, to grnne Tuborg. 2. Adjectives ending on e do not take endings: Et lille hus, to levende jne. 3. Adjectives ending on a stressed vowel take -t, but not e: Et blt je, de bl(-) jne. 4. Adjectives ending on -en, -el, -er loose a syllable before e ending: en gammel so/den gam(-)le so; en lkker kage/de lk(-)re kager. 5. Adjectives ending on -et do not take -t, the -e ending is written ede: Et stribet(-) trklde/de stribede trklder 6. Adjectives ending on -t already, do not take -t: en kort tid, et kort(-) liv, but to korte tog. 7. Adjectives ending on -sk do not take -t : et historisk jeblik.

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