No. 224 in Norwegian
sønnen
"The son."
In a sentence
Sønnen min liker å spille fotball.
My son likes to play football.
Here, 'sønnen' is used to specifically refer to 'my son', as 'min' is the possessive pronoun.
Hun besøker sønnen sin hver helg.
She visits her son every weekend.
'sønnen sin' is used to refer to 'her son', where 'sin' connects possessively to the subject.
De prater ofte om sønnen til naboen.
They often talk about the neighbor's son.
'sønnen til naboen' specifies that the son belongs to the neighbor, using a descriptive phrasing.
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