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Swirlyman · 01-29-2007, 09:09 PM

One of my Danish language textbooks has the statement:
"If én is the last component of a numeral it follows the gender of the noun concerned:
tusind og én nat
hundrede og ét kilo

(N.B. Both nouns are in the singular)."

My first question is, should I infer from the N.B. that all numbers ending with "one" when spoken, i.e. 101, 501, 2001, 3000001, etc. are followed by the singular rather than plural form? So "101 dag" rather than "101 dage", "101 million" rather than "101 millioner", ...

My second question is, for this same set of numbers, is the long form én/ét always used at the end, or is it used interchangeably with the short form en/et? So, are "hundrede og én" and "hundrede og en" equally said, or does it depend on something?

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Swirlyman Growing Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 22 Swirlyman is an unknown character at this point	singular or plural? One of my Danish language textbooks has the statement: "If én is the last component of a numeral it follows the gender of the noun concerned: tusind og én nat hundrede og ét kilo (N.B. Both nouns are in the singular)." My first question is, should I infer from the N.B. that all numbers ending with "one" when spoken, i.e. 101, 501, 2001, 3000001, etc. are followed by the singular rather than plural form? So "101 dag" rather than "101 dage", "101 million" rather than "101 millioner", ... My second question is, for this same set of numbers, is the long form én/ét always used at the end, or is it used interchangeably with the short form en/et? So, are "hundrede og én" and "hundrede og en" equally said, or does it depend on something?
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