Questions & Answers about Drengen glemmer ikke svaret.
Why is ikke placed after the verb glemmer?
In Danish main clauses, the word ikke (not) comes directly after the verb. While in English you say "does not forget", in Danish you literally say "forgets not" (glemmer ikke).
Where is the translation for "does" in this sentence?
Danish doesn't use helper words like "do" or "does" to make a negative sentence. You just use the present tense verb (glemmer) immediately followed by ikke.
How do we know it says "the boy" and "the answer" instead of "a boy" and "an answer"?
In Danish, the word for "the" is attached to the end of the noun. Dreng (boy) gets an -en ending to become drengen (the boy), and svar (answer) gets an -et ending to become svaret (the answer).
Why does "drengen" end in -en but "svaret" ends in -et?
It depends on the noun's gender. Dreng is an en-word, so it takes the -en ending. Svar is an et-word, so it takes the -et ending. You just have to learn whether a word is an en-word or an et-word when you learn the vocabulary.
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