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94 the idiomatic expressions: din Dumrian you fool! dit Fæ you ass! etc.

The possessive pronouns cannot be combined with the pre-positive definite article. But in Norwegian they can colloquially be combined with nouns that have the postpositive definite article, in which case the pronoun is placed behind; Ex.: Vennen min my friend.

195. Demonstrative pronouns are: den that, denne this, hin that, yonder.

When these pronouns are used adjectively, they are only subject to inflection as to numbers; Ex.: Han valgte de Mænd he chose those men; disse Menneskers Öine er forblindede the eyes of those people are blinded. Hin that, yonder is mostly a literary word; colloquially it is as a rule replaced by den der that there. det is often used where the English language requires the adv. so: tror De det? do you think so.