Breakdown of Han kan tegne et flot træ.
han
he
et
a / an (neuter)
træet
the tree
flot
nice
kunne
to be able to / can
tegne
to draw
Questions & Answers about Han kan tegne et flot træ.
Why is it tegne and not at tegne?
After modal verbs like kan (can), Danish uses the bare infinitive. This means you use the dictionary form of the verb without the word at (to). It works exactly like English, where we say can draw instead of can to draw.
Why does flot have a 't' at the end?
Because it is describing et træ (a tree), which is a neuter noun (an et word). In Danish, when an adjective describes an et word, you usually have to add a -t to the end of the adjective.
Does træ mean tree or wood?
It means both! In Danish, træ is used for the living plant (a tree) as well as the material (wood). Here, the context of drawing et flot træ makes it clear that he is drawing a tree.
How do you pronounce the 'g' in tegne?
The g is not pronounced as a hard English g. Instead, the combination eg sounds very similar to the word jeg or the English sound in eye. It is pronounced roughly like tie-neh.
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