Irregular Past Participles
In Danish, many common verbs are irregular. Instead of a standard ending, their past participles often change the stem vowel and end in -et.
For example, skrive (to write) becomes skrevet, and finde (to find) becomes fundet.
When talking about life experiences, you will frequently use the adverbs nogensinde (ever) and aldrig (never). Place them after the helper verb har, or immediately after the subject in a question:
| Has your father ever written a novel? | Har din far nogensinde skrevet en roman? |
| The author has never written a novel because it is difficult. | Forfatteren har aldrig skrevet en roman fordi det er svært. |
| Has the author found the article? | Har forfatteren fundet artiklen? |
Notice how the vowel changes in other everyday irregular verbs, like vinde (to win) becoming vundet, and stjæle (to steal) becoming stjålet:
| The team has won the medal! | Holdet har vundet medaljen! |
| Someone has stolen the car from the company. | Nogen har stjålet bilen fra virksomheden. |
Verbs Ending in "-lge"
A specific group of irregular verbs ends in -lge. To form their past participle, they change their vowel and end in -lgt.
- sælge (to sell) becomes solgt
- vælge (to choose) becomes valgt
| The uncle has sold his company. | Onklen har solgt sin virksomhed. |
| The boy has chosen a good education. | Drengen har valgt en god uddannelse. |
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