Editing Danish language (section)

=== Pronouns ===

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|+ Danish personal pronouns
|-
! scope="col" | Person
! scope="col" | Nominative case
! scope="col" | Oblique case
! scope="col" | Possessive case/adjective 
|-
! scope="row" | 1st sg.
| {{lang|da|jeg}} <br /> I || {{lang|da|mig}}<br /> me || {{lang|da|min/mit/mine}}<br /> my, mine
|-
! scope="row" | 2nd sg.
| {{lang|da|du}} <br /> You || {{lang|da|dig}}<br /> you|| {{lang|da|din/dit/dine}}<br /> your(s)
|-
! scope="row" | 3rd sg.
| {{lang|da|han/hun<br />/den/det}} <br /> he/she/it|| {{lang|da|ham/hende<br />/den/det}}<br /> him/her/it|| {{lang|da|hans/hendes<br />/dens/dets}}<br /> his/her(s)/its
|-
! scope="row" | 1st pl.
| {{lang|da|vi}}<br />we || {{lang|da|os}}<br /> us || {{lang|da|vores}}<br />our(s)
|-
! scope="row" | 2nd pl.
| {{lang|da|I}}<br /> you (pl.) || {{lang|da|jer}} <br /> you (pl.) || {{lang|da|jeres}}<br /> your(s) (pl.)
|-
! scope="row" | 3rd pl.
| {{lang|da|de}} <br /> they|| {{lang|da|dem}}<br /> them || {{lang|da|deres}}<br /> their(s)
|-
!3rd [[Reflexive pronoun|refl.]]
|N/A
|{{lang|da|sig}}<br /> him/her/itself, themself/selves
| {{lang|da|sin/sit/sine}}<br /> his/her(s)/its (own)
|}
As does English, the Danish pronominal system retains a distinction between nominative and oblique case. The nominative form of pronouns is used when pronouns occur as grammatical subject of a sentence (and only when non-coordinated and without a following modifier{{sfn|Herslund|2002|p=49}}), and oblique forms are used for all non-subject functions including direct and indirect object, predicative, comparative and other types of constructions. The third person singular pronouns also distinguish between animate masculine ({{lang|da|han}} "he"), animate feminine ({{lang|da|hun}} "she") forms, as well as inanimate neuter ({{lang|da|det}} "it") and inanimate common gender ({{lang|da|den}} "it").{{sfn|Haberland|1994|p=326-328}}

*{{lang|da|Jeg sover}}: "I sleep"
*{{lang|da|Du sover}}: "you sleep"
*{{lang|da|Jeg kysser dig}}: "I kiss you"
*{{lang|da|Du kysser mig}}: "you kiss me"

Possessive pronouns have independent and adjectival uses, but the same form.{{sfn|Allan|Lundskaer-Nielsen|Holmes|2005|p=61}} The form is used both adjectivally preceding a possessed noun ({{lang|da|det er min hest}} "it is my horse"), and independently in place of the possessed noun ({{lang|da|den er min}} "it is mine"). In the third person singular, {{lang|da|sin}} is used when the possessor is also the subject of the sentence, whereas {{lang|da|hans}} ("his"), {{lang|da|hendes}} (her) and {{lang|da|dens/dets}} "its" is used when the possessor is different from the grammatical subject.{{sfn|Allan|Lundskaer-Nielsen|Holmes|2005|p=63}}{{sfn|Bredsdorff|1958|pp=83–85}}

*''Han tog '''sin''' hat'': He took his (own) hat
* ''Han tog '''hans''' hat'': He took his hat (someone else's hat)