Breakdown of Hun vil gerne blive hjemme og slappe af.
hun
she
og
and
ville
want to / will
gerne
gladly / would like to
Questions & Answers about Hun vil gerne blive hjemme og slappe af.
Since vil usually means 'want to', why does the translation say 'would like to'?
When you add the word gerne (gladly) right after vil, it softens the meaning to a polite 'would like to'. If the sentence was just Hun vil blive hjemme, it would mean the stronger 'She wants to stay home'.
Why don't we use the word at (to) before blive and slappe af?
Because vil is a modal verb. Just like in English where we say 'she will stay' instead of 'she will to stay', Danish modal verbs connect directly to the bare infinitive of the next verb without at. This rule applies to both blive and slappe af in this sentence.
I have seen the word for home spelled as hjem. Why is it hjemme in this sentence?
Hjemme shows location, meaning you are already 'at home'. Hjem shows movement or direction, like when you are traveling 'home'. Since she is staying in one place here, we use hjemme.
Does slappe af always go together to mean relax?
Yes! Slappe af is a fixed phrase. The verb slappe on its own means to loosen, but when you pair it with af (off), the whole phrase translates to 'relax'.