Breakdown of Jeg skal besøge lægen på mandag.
jeg
I
lægen
the doctor
besøge
to visit
skulle
to have to / must / to be going to
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
mandag
Monday
Questions & Answers about Jeg skal besøge lægen på mandag.
Why do we use på before mandag here?
In Danish, using på before a day of the week, like på mandag, specifically means "this coming Monday" (referring to a single future event). If you wanted to say you visit the doctor every Monday as a routine, you would say om mandagen instead.
Why isn't mandag capitalized?
Unlike in English, days of the week and months of the year are always written with lowercase letters in Danish, unless they happen to be the very first word in the sentence.
Does skal mean "must" or "am going to" in this sentence?
Here it means "am going to". While skal often means "must" or "have to", it is also the most common way to talk about future plans and intentions in Danish. When combined with the infinitive verb besøge (to visit), skal besøge translates smoothly to "am going to visit".
Where is the word for "the" in lægen?
Danish attaches the word for "the" directly to the end of the noun. The basic dictionary word for "doctor" is læge. Because we want to say "the doctor", we add the definite ending -n to the end, giving us lægen.
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