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 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.
+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.
+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'.