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Danish

Verbs like "to offer", "to promise", or "to award" often take two objects: a person receiving the action (the indirect object) and the thing being given (the direct object).

When making these sentences passive in Danish, you can take the indirect object (the recipient) and promote it to the subject position. This highlights who is receiving the action, and works exactly as it does in English.

### The *blive* passive

You will frequently see this structure using the *blive* passive (*bliver* or *blev* followed by a past participle). Notice how the customer becomes the subject, while the reward stays in the object position after the verb:

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### The *s*-passive

You can also promote the indirect object using the Danish *s*-passive. This is especially common in formal contexts, such as describing the terms and conditions of a benefits program or a guarantee.

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### In longer sentences

In more complex sentences, the grammatical rule remains the same. The promoted recipient acts as the subject, and the direct object immediately follows the passive verb phrase.

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Passive voice with two objects

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Definite nouns and the copula (-en, -et, er)

Indefinite articles (en, et)

Present tense verbs and word order (-r)

Plural subject pronouns (vi, I, de)

The verb to have (har)

Yes/No questions

Wh-questions (hvad, hvem, hvor)

Main clause negation (ikke)

Regular noun plurals (-er, -r)

Short noun plurals (-e)

Definite plurals (-ne)

Neuter adjective agreement (-t)

Plural adjective agreement (-e)

Adjectives with indefinite nouns

Adjectives with definite nouns (den / det / de ... -e)

Numbers 1 to 10

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Expressing age (er ... år)

Genitive possession (-s)

Singular possessives (min, din)

Third-person possessives (hans, hendes)

Plural possessives (vores, jeres, deres)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sit, sine)

Singular object pronouns (mig, dig)

Plural object pronouns (os, jer, dem)

The infinitive marker (at)

The modal verb can (kan)

The modal verb want to (vil)

The modal verb must (skal)

Negating modal verbs

Inversion after adverbs

Prepositions of position (i, på)

Prepositions of direction (til, fra)

Days of the week (mandag, tirsdag...)

Months of the year (januar, februar...)

Telling time (hel, halv, kvart)

Coordinating conjunctions (og, men, eller)

Subordinating conjunctions (at, fordi)

Subordinate clause negation

Commands (køb, vent, spis)

Zero-ending neuter plurals

The Human Body: Head and Face

The Human Body: Limbs and Torso

Personal Hygiene

Digital Life

Tools and Hardware

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Common Materials

Money and Payments

Short answers (Ja, det gør jeg)

Greetings (hej, godmorgen, farvel)

Thanks and apologies (tak, undskyld)

Jobs and nationalities (Hun er lærer)

Likes and dislikes (kan godt lide)

Somebody and something (nogen, noget, ingen)

How much? (meget, lidt, mere, nok)

With, by, over and under (med, ved, over, under)

Ordinals and dates (den første april)

Wishes for every occasion (tillykke, god bedring)

Times of day (om morgenen, om aftenen)

My day (stå op, gå i seng)

Past tense I: -ede and -te (i går)

My new hat (min nye hat, små, gamle)

Past tense II: irregular verbs (var, havde, gik)

Reacting in a conversation (nå, det lyder godt)

The family and irregular plurals (mænd, børn, fødder)

In the shop (Hvad koster det?)

Demonstratives: that and those (den, det, de)

Demonstratives: this and these (denne, dette, disse)

Adverbs of manner (-t)

Comparing things (-ere, end)

Superlative adjectives (-est)

Definite superlative adjectives (-este)

Irregular adjective comparison

Comparing long adjectives (mere, mest)

The reflexive pronoun (sig)

Reflexive verbs

Reciprocal verbs (-s)

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Present perfect tense with regular verbs (har... -et/-t)

Present perfect tense with irregular verbs (har...)

Present perfect tense with movement (er...)

Past perfect tense (havde / var...)

Question	Answer
the regular customer	stamkunden
the reward	belønningen
The regular customer is offered the reward by the boss.	Stamkunden bliver tilbudt belønningen af chefen.
the VIP customer	VIP-kunden
the special treatment	særbehandlingen
The VIP customer was promised the special treatment.	VIP-kunden blev lovet særbehandlingen.
the benefits program	fordelsprogrammet
the upgrade	opgraderingen
The member of the benefits program is awarded the upgrade.	Medlemmet af fordelsprogrammet tildeles opgraderingen.
the privilege	privilegiet
first-class	førsteklasses
the lounge	loungen
The woman was offered the privilege to relax in the first-class lounge.	Kvinden blev tilbudt privilegiet at slappe af i den førsteklasses lounge.
the limousine	limousinen
The regular customer is offered the limousine for the party.	Stamkunden bliver tilbudt limousinen til festen.
The VIP customer complained because he was not offered the reward in the benefits program.	VIP-kunden klagede fordi han ikke blev tilbudt belønningen i fordelsprogrammet.
The special treatment and the privilege mean that the customer is guaranteed the upgrade.	Særbehandlingen og privilegiet betyder at kunden garanteres opgraderingen.
The director's guests were shown the first-class lounge before the trip in the limousine.	Direktørens gæster blev vist den førsteklasses lounge før turen i limousinen.
Is the VIP customer always offered the upgrade here?	Bliver VIP-kunden altid tilbudt opgraderingen her?
As an extra reward, the regular customer is awarded an expensive benefits program.	Som en ekstra belønning tildeles stamkunden et dyrt fordelsprogram.
She was denied the special treatment, even though the privilege was hers.	Hun blev nægtet særbehandlingen selvom privilegiet var hendes.
The actor is used to being offered the limousine and the first-class lounge.	Skuespilleren er vant til at han tilbydes limousinen og den førsteklasses lounge.