Questions & Answers about Vi er glade nu.
Why is it glade instead of just glad?
Because the subject Vi (We) is plural. In Danish, adjectives change to match the number of the noun or pronoun they describe. For most adjectives, you just add an -e to make it plural. Since we are talking about more than one person, glad becomes glade.
Since the subject is plural (Vi), why doesn't the verb er change?
Danish verbs never change based on who or how many people are doing the action! Whether it is Jeg (I), Han (He), or Vi (We), the present tense verb remains er. Only the adjective (glade) changes to show it is plural.
How do you pronounce the 'd' in glade?
It is a soft 'd' (blødt d). It sounds somewhat like the English 'th' in 'this', but with your tongue resting slightly further down behind your lower teeth. In the singular word glad, it is also a soft 'd', but adding the -e for the plural turns it into a distinct second syllable.
Could I put nu at the beginning of the sentence, like Nu vi er glade?
You can put nu at the beginning to emphasize the word 'now', but it changes the word order! Danish uses the V2 rule, meaning the verb must always be the second idea in a main sentence. If you start with Nu, the verb er must come next, making it: Nu er vi glade.