Editing Norwegian language (section)

===Pronouns===
{{See also|Nynorsk#Pronouns}}
Norwegian personal [[pronoun]]s are declined according to [[grammatical case|case]]: [[nominative case|nominative]] and [[accusative case|accusative]]. Like English, pronouns in Bokmål and Nynorsk are the only class that has case declension. Some of the dialects that have preserved the [[dative case|dative]] in nouns, also have a dative case instead of the accusative case in personal pronouns, while others have accusative in pronouns and dative in nouns, effectively giving these dialects three distinct cases.

In the most comprehensive Norwegian grammar, [[Norsk referansegrammatikk]], the categorization of personal pronouns by [[grammatical person|person]], [[grammatical gender|gender]], and [[grammatical number|number]] is not regarded as inflection. Pronouns are a [[closed class]] in Norwegian.

Since December 2017, the gender-neutral pronoun {{lang|no|hen}} is present in the Norwegian Academy's dictionary ([[NAOB]]).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Det Norske Akademis ordbok |url=https://naob.no/ordbok/hen_2 |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=naob.no |archive-date=16 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221016111829/https://naob.no/ordbok/hen_2 |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2022, the Language Council of Norway ([[Language Council of Norway|Språkrådet]])<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Hen |url=http://www.sprakradet.no/svardatabase/sporsmal-og-svar/hen/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220914194837/https://www.sprakradet.no/svardatabase/sporsmal-og-svar/hen/ |archive-date=14 September 2022 |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=Språkrådet |language=nb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ordbøkene.no – Bokmålsordboka og Nynorskordboka |url=https://ordbokene.no/bm,nn/ordbokene.no |access-date=14 September 2022 |website=ordbokene.no |language=no |archive-date=8 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221008165000/https://ordbokene.no/bm,nn/ordbokene.no |url-status=live }}</ref> started including {{lang|no|hen}} in both Bokmål and Nynorsk Norwegian standards.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Pronouns in Bokmål
! colspan="3" rowspan="3" |
! rowspan="3" |[[Subject (grammar)|Subject form]]
! rowspan="3" |[[Object (grammar)|Object form]]
! colspan="4" |Possessive
|-
! colspan="3" |Singular
! rowspan="2" |Plural
|-
!Male
!Female
!Neuter
|-
! rowspan="8" |Singular
! colspan="2" |1st person
|{{lang|nb|jeg}}
|{{lang|nb|meg}}
|{{lang|nb|min}}
|{{lang|nb|mi}}
|{{lang|nb|mitt}}
|{{lang|nb|mine}}
|-
! colspan="2" |2nd person
|{{lang|nb|du}}
|{{lang|nb|deg}}
|{{lang|nb|din}}
|{{lang|nb|di}}
|{{lang|nb|ditt}}
|{{lang|nb|dine}}
|-
! rowspan="6" |3rd person
!Male, [[Animacy|animate]]
|{{lang|nb|han}}
|{{lang|nb|ham/han}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|hans}}
|-
!Female, animate
|{{lang|nb|hun}}
|{{lang|nb|henne}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|hennes}}
|-
!Neuter, animate
|{{lang|nb|hen}}
|{{lang|nb|hen}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|hens}}
|-
!Male/female, inanimate
| colspan="2" |{{lang|nb|den}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|dens}}
|-
!Neuter, inanimate
| colspan="2" |{{lang|nb|det}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|dets}}
|-
!Reflexive
|–
|{{lang|nb|seg}}
|{{lang|nb|sin}}
|{{lang|nb|si}}
|{{lang|nb|sitt}}
|{{lang|nb|sine}}
|-
! rowspan="4" |Plural
! colspan="2" |1st person
|{{lang|nb|vi}}
|{{lang|nb|oss}}
| colspan="2" |{{lang|nb|vår}}
|{{lang|nb|vårt}}
|{{lang|nb|våre}}
|-
! colspan="2" |2nd person
| colspan="2" |{{lang|nb|dere}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|deres}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |3rd person
!Non-reflexive
|{{lang|nb|de}}
|{{lang|nb|dem}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nb|deres}}
|-
!Reflexive
|–
|{{lang|nb|seg}}
|{{lang|nb|sin}}
|{{lang|nb|si}}
|{{lang|nb|sitt}}
|{{lang|nb|sine}}
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|+Pronouns in Nynorsk
! colspan="3" rowspan="3" |
! rowspan="3" |[[Subject (grammar)|Subject form]]
! rowspan="3" |[[Object (grammar)|Object form]]
! colspan="4" |Possessive
|-
! colspan="3" |Singular
! rowspan="2" |Plural
|-
!Male
!Female
!Neuter
|-
! rowspan="7" |Singular
! colspan="2" |1st person
|{{lang|nn|eg}}
|{{lang|nn|meg}}
|{{lang|nn|min}}
|{{lang|nn|mi}}
|{{lang|nn|mitt}}
|{{lang|nn|mine}}
|-
! colspan="2" |2nd person
|{{lang|nn|du}}
|{{lang|nn|deg}}
|{{lang|nn|din}}
|{{lang|nn|di}}
|{{lang|nn|ditt}}
|{{lang|nn|dine}}
|-
! rowspan="5" |3rd person
!Male
|{{lang|nn|han}}
| {{lang|nn|han}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nn|hans}}
|-
!Female
|{{lang|nn|ho}}
|{{lang|nn|ho}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nn|hennar}}
|-
!Neuter, animate
|{{lang|nn|hen}}
|{{lang|nn|hen}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nn|hens}}
|-
!Neuter, inanimate
|{{lang|nn|det}}
|{{lang|nn|det}}
| colspan="4" |({{lang|nn|dess}})
|-
!Reflexive
|–
|{{lang|nn|seg}}
|{{lang|nn|sin}}
|{{lang|nn|si}}
|{{lang|nn|sitt}}
|{{lang|nn|sine}}
|-
! rowspan="4" |Plural
! colspan="2" |1st person
|{{lang|nn|vi/me}}
|{{lang|nn|oss}}
| colspan="2" |{{lang|nn|vår}}
|{{lang|nn|vårt}}
|{{lang|nn|våre}}
|-
! colspan="2" |2nd person
|{{lang|nn|de/dokker}}
|{{lang|nn|dykk/dokker}} 
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nn|dykkar/dokkar}}
|-
! rowspan="2" |3rd person
!Non-reflexive
| colspan="2" |{{lang|nn|dei}}
| colspan="4" |{{lang|nn|deira}}
|-
!Reflexive
|–
|{{lang|nn|seg}}
|{{lang|nn|sin}}
|{{lang|nn|si}}
|{{lang|nn|sitt}}
|{{lang|nn|sine}}
|}
The words for 'mine', 'yours' etc. are dependent on the gender of the noun described. Like adjectives, they have to agree in gender with the noun.

Bokmål has two sets of third-person pronouns. {{lang|nb|Han}} and {{lang|nb|hun}} refer to male and female individuals respectively; {{lang|nb|den}} and {{lang|nb|det}} refer to impersonal or inanimate nouns, of masculine/feminine or neutral gender respectively. In contrast, Nynorsk and most dialects use the same set of pronouns {{lang|nn|han}} ('he'), {{lang|nn|ho}} ('she') and {{lang|nn|det}} ('it') for both personal and impersonal references, like in [[German language|German]], [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] and [[Old Norse]]. {{lang|no|Det}} also has [[Expletive pronoun|expletive]] and [[cataphora|cataphoric]] uses like in the English examples '''''it''' rains'' and '''''it''' was known by everyone '''(that) he had travelled the world'''''.
{| class="wikitable"
|+Examples in Nynorsk and Bokmål of the use of the pronoun ''it''

!Nynorsk
!Bokmål
!English
|-
|{{lang|nn|Kor er boka mi? '''Ho''' er her}}
|{{lang|nb|Hvor er boka mi? '''Den''' er her}}
|Where is my book? '''It''' is here
|-
|{{lang|nn|Kor er bilen min? '''Han''' er her}}
|{{lang|nb|Hvor er bilen min? '''Den''' er her}}
|Where is my car? '''It''' is here

|-
|{{lang|nn|Kor er brevet mitt? '''Det''' er her}}
|{{lang|nb|Hvor er brevet mitt? '''Det''' er her}}
|Where is my letter? '''It''' is here
|}

==== Ordering of possessive pronouns ====
The ordering of possessive pronouns is somewhat freer than in Swedish or Danish. When there is no adjective, the most common word order is the one used in the examples in the table above, where the possessive comes after the noun, while the noun is in its definite form; {{lang|no|boka mi}} ('my book'). If one wishes to emphasize the owner of the noun, the possessive pronoun will usually be placed first. In Bokmål, however, due to its Danish origins, one could choose to always write the possessive first: {{lang|nb|min bil}} ('my car'), but this may sound very formal. Some dialects that have been very influenced by Danish also do this; some speakers in [[Bærum]] and the [[Oslo West|west of Oslo]] may always use this word order. When there is an adjective describing the noun, the possessive pronoun will always come first: {{lang|no|min egen bil}} ('my own car').

{| class="wikitable"
!Norwegian (Bokmål/Nynorsk)
!English
|-
|{{lang|no|Det er '''mi''' bok!}}
|It is ''my'' book! (owner emphasized)
|-
|{{lang|no|Kona mi er vakker}}
|My wife is beautiful
|- {{lang|no|din}}, {{lang|no|di}}, {{lang|no|ditt}} (yours)
|}