Er det en grunn for at "det" er noen ganger brukt som "what" og/eller "there". Hvorfor bruker man "der er" isteden for "det er"? Jeg er forvirret over dette emne. Også, for hvilken grunn er det "det" noen ganger for "what"? Det gir ikke mening. "Sans means sense as in the 5 senses" Kan noen være så snill og å hjelpe meg? I'll answer this question in English, because I do see that you used Google Translate for some of this. First of all I corrected your question. Now for the actual question. The first bit is actually quite easy. "Der er" means "There is/are" in the sense of "over there." It means that it is literally "there," "der." However, "det er" means "there is/are" in a context such as "There are three main countries in North America," "Det er tre hoved land i Nord-Amerika." So, the last bit about "what" is harder to explain. The easiest way to explain it, is that "det" is used whenever you use "what" in English, but it's not a question. e.g. "That's what I mean." = "Det er det jeg mener." or "I like what I do." = "Jeg liker det jeg gjør" However, don't quote me on this, but I am very sure that you could use "hva" in all of these situations too. I hope this answer helps you understand more, and good luck with learning Norwegian.