hvørs

Faroese

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kvœʃ]

Pronoun

hvørs m or n

  1. whose, genitive singular masculine form of hvør
  2. whose, genitive singular form of hvat

Usage notes

The genitive form is rare. For instance

hvørs bátur er hetta? - whose boat is this?

sounds somewhat stilted. Common would be an expression like

hvør eigur henda bátin? - who owns this boat?

Usage as a relative pronoun in formal written style can look like this:

Ísland, hvørs fíggjarstøða er ring ... - Iceland, whose financial situation is bad ...

Declension
Interrogative pronoun - spurnarfornavn
Singular (eintal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hvør hvør hvat
Accusative (hvønnfall) hvønn hvørja
Dative (hvørjumfall) hvørjum hvørjari / hvørji hvørjum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hvørs (hvørjar) hvørs
Plural (fleirtal) m f n
Nominative (hvørfall) hvørjir hvørjar hvørji
Accusative (hvønnfall) hvørjar
Dative (hvørjumfall) hvørjum
Genitive (hvørsfall) hvørja

Derived terms

References
  • Höskuldur Thráinsson, Hjalmar P. Petersen, Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen, Zakaris Svabo Hansen: Faroese : An Overview and Reference Grammar. Tórshavn: Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, 2004 (p. 126)
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