OTHER DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

1.slik/sånn (such)

slikt/sånt (such)

slike/sånne (such)

<Slik> and<sånn>, with their inflected forms, are synonyms.

Examples:

Har du hørt slikt/sånt bråk?(have you ever heard such (a) noise?)

Slike/sånne oppgaver liker jeg.(I like such exercises/exercises like that.)

En slikk/sånn kjole vil jeg ha.(I want such a dress/a dress like that.)

2.samme (same)

Examples:

De kjører samme vei/samme veien/den samme veien.(They drive the same way.)

Dagsrvyen kommer på smme tid hver dag.(The News is at the same time each day.)

De tar (den) samme buss(en) hver dag.(They take the same bus each day.)

Do not confuse <samme>(same) and <sammen> (together):

De bor sammen. (They live together.)

De bor i samme hus. (They live in the same house.)

3.selv(self)

a. <Selv> as an indeclinable reflexive pronoun after a noun, meaning <himself>,<herself>,

<themselves>,etc.

Examples:

Paven selv var der.(The Pope himself was there.)

Jeg skal hente det selv. (I shall fetch it myself.)

Note the various possibilities for the positioning of <selv> in the sentence:

Skal jeg gjøre det for deg? (Shall I do it for you?)

-Nei, jeg kan gjøre det selv. (No, I can do it myself.)

-Nei, jeg kan selv gjøre det. (No, I can do it myself.)

-Nei, jeg selv kan gjøre det. (No, I can do it myself.)

b. <Selv> + when used adjectivally before a noun in the singular means <in person>, <proper>.

Examples:

Selve paven var der.(The pope was there in person.)

Det er mange parkeringsplasser i selve Oslo.(There are many car-parks in Oslo proper.)

Note that <selve> cannot be used in conjunction with nouns in the plural.

Wrong:selve kvinner

<Selve> has also a superlative form, <selveste>, which has much the same meaning as its
absolute counterpart, only with a stronger emphasis:

Jeg så til og med selveste paven! (I even saw the Pope himself!)

c. <Selv> can also function adverbially to mean <even>, and is then always placed at the
beginning of a clause:

Selv paven var der. (Even the Pope was there.)

Selv jeg kan gjøre det. (Even I can do that.)

Jeg fortalte ham at selv min bror kunne klare det. (I told him that even my brother could manage
that.)

4. begge (both)

a. can be used adjectivally, preceding a noun:

begge guttene (both the boys)

begge steder (both places)

b.can be combined with <to> without a following noun:

Vil du ha dette eplet eller den pæren? Jeg vil ha begge to.

(Do you want this apple or that pear? I want both (of them).)

Wrong:
Jeg vil ha begge to fruktene

But: <Jeg vil ha begge fruktene> (I want both the fruits) is correct.

c.In conjunction with a personal pronoun:

Vi kan begge komme. (We can both come.)

Alternatively:

Vi kan komme begge to.

d. Begge to – begge deler

<Begge to> is used with two specific items of a similar kind (except in the case of proper
names.)

Examples:

Kjenner du Kari eller Knut? Begge to. (Do you know Kari or Knut? Both of them.)

Vil du ha eplet eller pæren? Begge to. (Do you want the apple or the pear?)Both (of them). )

Vil du ha den lille eller den store flasken? Begge to. (Do you want the small or the large bottle?
Both (of them).)

<Begge deler> has a more general reference, when the nouns to which it refers are in the
indefinite form.

Examples:

Snakker du norsk eller engelsk? Begger deler. (Do you speak Norwegian or English? Both.)

Liker du spaghetti eller poteter . Begger deler. (Do you like spaghetti or potatoes? Both.)

<Både…..og> (both-------and) can be used in all the above examples above:

Bade eplet og pæren (both the apple and the pear), bade Kari or Knut (both Kari and Knut), bade
spaghetti og poteter (both spaghetti and potatoes.)

<Både> must always be followed by <og>. Note that <Både-----og> can in Norwegian be used to
refer to more than two things, for example:

Både epler, pærer og druer (Apples, pears and grapes), whereas in English both must always
refer to no more nor less than two items.

Interrogative Pronouns
Hvem (who)

Hva (what)

Hvilken/hvilket/hvilke (which)

Hva for en/et/noe/noen (what/which)