Swedish and Danish
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Comparisons
Swedish keeps the verb together with a conjoined adverbial particle, where Danish separates them.
- (sv) Vill du köra in bilen
- (da) Vil du køre bilen ind
Swedish moves the reflexive pronoun sig along with the verb to V2 position, where Danish leaves it behind:
- (sv) I går tvättade sig Peter äntligen
- (da) I går vaskede Peter sig endelig
Danish and Swedish have different NP patterns.
- (sv) Vita huset
- (da) Det hvide hus
- (nb) Det hvite hus(et)
- (nn) Det kvite huset
In most NPs, Swedish has the Det. Here, nn patterns with sv and nb with both sv and da.
- (sv) Den stora utmaningen
- (da) Den store udfordring
Swedish can use "det" as an equivalent to the English "there", where Danish prefers "der",
- (sv) Det kommer en bil
- (da) Der kommer en bil
Further reading
- LUNDIN AKESSON Katarina (2003) "Constructions with låta, LET, reflexives and passive-s: a comment on some differences, similarities and related phenomena". Working papers in Scandinavian syntax ISSN 1100-097X