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Danish

In Danish, when you want to express that someone "gets to" see, hear, or find out something, you use the verb *at få* (to get) paired with *at* and a sensory infinitive. This is a very common way to talk about receiving information, uncovering secrets, or experiencing a sudden revelation.

### Finding Out: Få at vide

The most common of these expressions is *at få at vide*. While *vide* means "to know," *få at vide* translates to "to find out" or "to be told."

Notice the word order: if the information you are receiving is a simple noun phrase, it usually sits right between *få* and *at vide*.

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However, if the information is a full clause (such as a sentence starting with *at*), the phrase *få at vide* stays together.

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### Getting to See: Få at se

Similarly, you can use *at få at se* to mean "get to see." Just like with *vide*, a noun object typically slips between the two verbs.

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If the object is pulled to the front of the sentence (like in a relative clause with *som*), *får at se* is grouped together at the end.

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### Hearing and Feeling

This construction works beautifully with other sensory verbs as well, such as *høre* (hear) and *mærke* (feel/notice). When secrets are uncovered, someone might "get to hear" a rumor, or "get to feel" the consequences of a betrayal.

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Again, the noun object goes directly between *få* and the infinitive phrase.

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If the object is instead introduced by a preposition (like *om*) or a conjunction (like *at*), the verbal phrase remains unbroken.

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Receiving impressions (få at)

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

Emergency and Safety

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)

Deponent verbs (-s)

Past opinions (syntes)

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
to confess	tilstå
If he should confess, we will finally find out the truth.	Hvis han skulle tilstå, får vi endelig sandheden at vide.
the plot (conspiracy)	komplottet
hidden	skjult
We were told that the plot was completely hidden.	Vi fik at vide at komplottet var helt skjult.
the envelope	konvolutten
the extent	omfanget
The woman got to see the envelope to the extent that she wished.	Kvinden fik konvolutten at se i det omfang, hun ønskede.
the content	indholdet
It is the content of the envelope that the man gets to see.	Det er indholdet af konvolutten som manden får at se.
The journalist opened the folder to get to see the content.	Journalisten åbnede mappen for at få indholdet at se.
They got to hear the rumor in the evening.	De fik rygtet at høre om aftenen.
the betrayal	forræderiet
If the boss should discover the betrayal, the thief will get to feel it.	Hvis chefen skulle opdage forræderiet, får tyven det at mærke.
It is the betrayal that the girl finally gets to feel.	Det er forræderiet som pigen endelig får at mærke.
the confession	tilståelsen
The man chose to confess, and we got to hear the confession.	Manden valgte at tilstå, og vi fik tilståelsen at høre.
the deception	bedraget
It is the confession of the deception that the police get to see.	Det er tilståelsen af bedraget som politiet får at se.
We found out the truth about the plot in the morning.	Sandheden om komplottet fik vi at vide om morgenen.
the affair	affæren
The hidden affair was the next thing we found out.	Den skjulte affære var det næste, vi fik at vide.
They got to feel the extent of the betrayal.	De fik omfanget af forræderiet at mærke.
the suspicion	mistanken
The woman gets to hear about the suspicion and the affair.	Kvinden får at høre om mistanken og affæren.
He gets to see that the suspicion about the deceit is correct.	Han får at se at mistanken om bedraget er korrekt.

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