Making someone feel a certain way
To express that a thing or event causes someone to feel a certain emotion, use the verb at gøre (to do/make).
The sentence structure translates directly from English: gøre + object + adjective.
| The question makes him mad and jealous. | Spørgsmålet gør ham gal og jaloux. |
| The praise will just make her embarrassed. | Rosen vil bare gøre hende forlegen. |
Describing emotional reactions
This construction is common for describing how things like criticism, praise, or silence affect a person's mood.
| The criticism makes the singer depressed about his performance. | Kritikken gør sangeren deprimeret over sin præstation. |
| Could you turn on the radio because the silence makes me uncomfortable? | Kunne du tænde radioen fordi stilheden gør mig utilpas? |
Adjective agreement
The adjective in this construction describes the object receiving the action, not the subject causing it. Since the object is usually a person or animal (taking common gender pronouns like ham, hende, mig, or den), the adjective typically stays in its basic dictionary form.
| The dog does not become aggressive, but the noise makes it mad. | Hunden bliver ikke aggressiv, men støjen gør den gal. |
| The boss reads the criticism, and it makes him aggressive towards his employees. | Chefen læser kritikken, og det gør ham aggressiv mod sine medarbejdere. |
Complex sentences
The core rule remains the same even in longer sentences: the thing causing the feeling is the subject, and it "makes" (gør) the object a certain way.
| The silence makes him uncomfortable unless she calls. | Stilheden gør ham utilpas medmindre hun ringer. |
| A third of the customers make the waiter nervous. | En tredjedel af kunderne gør tjeneren nervøs. |
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