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 Note how all definite plural suffixes are the same, no matter the gender of the word itself.
+====Articles====
+With definite and indefinite nouns come definite (demonstrative) and indefinite articles.  Gender applies to these articles in both the definite and indefinite form.
+{| {{Table/bluetable}} style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle"
+!'''Definite article'''
+!'''Common'''
+!'''Neuter'''
+!'''Plural'''
+!'''Indefinite Article'''
+!'''Common'''
+!'''Neuter'''
+!'''Plural'''
+|-
+!'''Nom. / Acc.'''
+|den
+|det
+|denne/dette
+!'''Nom./Acc.'''
+|en
+|et
+| -
+|-
+!'''Dat.'''
+|dan
+|dat
+|danne/datte
+!'''Dat.'''
+|an
+|at
+| -
+|}
+There are no plural forms for indefinite articles, as the are only ever used to refer to singular things.
+Demonstrative articles are used when
+a) referring directly to something or someone.  For example: Den mann=That man
+b) referring back to the subject of the sentence of something previous mentioned.  For example: Tirer er alltid duf. Det er ikke bestimmer.= Animals are always stupid. This is not true.
+Here 'det' is referring to the previous mentioned concept of animals being stupid.
+c) an adjective precedes the noun it stems from.  For example: en mann -> den strungen mann.
+Often the demonstrative article is used instead of the enclitic article in speech because saying 'den strungen mann' is also the same as saying 'strungen mannen'.
 ==Morphology==