Word
Manden går fra hotellet til stationen.
Meaning
The man walks from the hotel to the station.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Manden går fra hotellet til stationen.
manden
the man
stationen
the station
fra
from
til
to (preposition) / for (purpose) / at (an event or occasion) / at (good at something)
Questions & Answers about Manden går fra hotellet til stationen.
Are fra and til always used together to mean from and to?
Yes! Just like in English, you can pair fra (from) and til (to) to show the starting point and destination of a journey. You will also see them used separately in other sentences.
Why do the destinations end in -et and -en?
In Danish, the word for 'the' is attached to the end of the noun. hotel is an et-word, so it takes the -et ending to become hotellet (the hotel). station is an en-word, so it takes the -en ending to become stationen (the station).
Why is there an extra l in hotellet?
When a word ends in a single consonant after a short vowel, we often double the final consonant before adding the -et or -en ending. This spelling rule reminds you to keep the vowel sound short.
The translation says walks, but doesn't går mean goes?
It means both! In Danish, går specifically means moving on foot. If the man were driving, biking, or taking a bus to the station, you would use a different verb like kører (drives/rides).