I found that article really helpful and clear. Once you see the relationship between the gender and the endings, it should click for you I think āŗ
I’m just concerned as to why anyone would own wolves
It is like writing “This is mine wolves.”
Hey! Use “min” for masculine nouns in singular forms, “mi” for feminine nouns in singular forms and “mitt” for nouns in neutrum. (F.eks. glass. Glasset mitt).
For nouns in plural use “mine”. Good luckāļø
Mitt is used when you can use Ā«etĀ» before the item.
Et tre. Treet mitt.
Et hus. Huset mitt.
But Ā«et ulvĀ» is wrong. En ulvĀ» is correct. Therefore if it was one wolf/ulv it would be: De liker ulven min. But since itās plural: De liker ulvene mine.
Duolingo is shit, youd never use that in a natural conversation.
There are plenty of sites and or norwegians offering to talk to non-nkrwegian speakers, teaching em norwegian.
I’ve been learning Norwegian on Duolingo too. It’s decent for “what”, but for languages like Norwegian it doesn’t really explain “why”.
The sentence itself is funny
Its kinda correct but most use mine before wolves
Youre just bad.
When itās plural it should be āmineā bit if itās singular then itās āmittā.
Hey! I speak Norwegian and struggled solving this thing before coming to the comment section tooā¦ā¦ it could be my annoying fever killing my brainpower but Norwegian is confusing sometimes anyway
Its comon in norway to have Pet wolves
I tutor Norwegian for both beginners and advanced learners. What has been said here is entirely correct.
I just wanna say one thing: mistakes like this are extremely common, and you are definitely not alone in struggling with nouns and possessives in Norwegian! They are actually some of the hardest parts to learn, so don’t feel bad for struggling with it!
Just remember that mistakes like this are fine! You are well on your way to learning the language already š
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it should be āUlvene mineā bc itās in plural, becomes ulven min in singular
“Mitt” is used for neuter nouns. “Ulvene” is plural so you need to use “mine” for this sentence.
It is plural, therefore it is not Ā«mittĀ» but Ā«mineĀ» (wolves=plural).
The correct solution is right there. It is literally written with red letters, man, come on.
Mine is used for plural while min and mitt are used for singular š
https://www.futurelearn.com/info/courses/norwegian-for-beginners-3/0/steps/67555
I found that article really helpful and clear. Once you see the relationship between the gender and the endings, it should click for you I think āŗ
I’m just concerned as to why anyone would own wolves
It is like writing “This is mine wolves.”
Hey! Use “min” for masculine nouns in singular forms, “mi” for feminine nouns in singular forms and “mitt” for nouns in neutrum. (F.eks. glass. Glasset mitt).
For nouns in plural use “mine”. Good luckāļø
Mitt is used when you can use Ā«etĀ» before the item.
Et tre. Treet mitt.
Et hus. Huset mitt.
But Ā«et ulvĀ» is wrong. En ulvĀ» is correct. Therefore if it was one wolf/ulv it would be: De liker ulven min. But since itās plural: De liker ulvene mine.
Duolingo is shit, youd never use that in a natural conversation.
There are plenty of sites and or norwegians offering to talk to non-nkrwegian speakers, teaching em norwegian.
I’ve been learning Norwegian on Duolingo too. It’s decent for “what”, but for languages like Norwegian it doesn’t really explain “why”.
The sentence itself is funny
Its kinda correct but most use mine before wolves
Youre just bad.
When itās plural it should be āmineā bit if itās singular then itās āmittā.
Hey! I speak Norwegian and struggled solving this thing before coming to the comment section tooā¦ā¦ it could be my annoying fever killing my brainpower but Norwegian is confusing sometimes anyway
Its comon in norway to have Pet wolves
I tutor Norwegian for both beginners and advanced learners. What has been said here is entirely correct.
I just wanna say one thing: mistakes like this are extremely common, and you are definitely not alone in struggling with nouns and possessives in Norwegian! They are actually some of the hardest parts to learn, so don’t feel bad for struggling with it!
Just remember that mistakes like this are fine! You are well on your way to learning the language already š
I like to show this document in the link under to illustrate the difference in noun phrases in English and Norwegian: http://grammatikk.com/pdf/Substantivfraser.pdf
I see there are a lot of people explaining the actual grammar, but you could also use a simple rule:
For singular definite: if the words end with a t, use Ā«mittĀ» as that also ends with a t. If it ends with an n use Ā«minĀ». Huset mitt, bilen min.
Plural definite uses Ā«mineĀ», and the words always ends with e. Husene, ulvene, bilene, trƦrne, etc.
What app is this?