Breakdown of Vi vil gerne rejse på tirsdag.
vi
we
ville
want to / will
gerne
gladly / would like to
rejse
to travel / to leave, to depart
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
tirsdag
Tuesday
Questions & Answers about Vi vil gerne rejse på tirsdag.
Why is tirsdag not capitalized?
In Danish, days of the week are not capitalized unless they are the very first word in a sentence. So it is tirsdag, not Tirsdag.
Why do we use på before tirsdag?
To say that something happens on a specific day, Danish uses the preposition på. When you say på tirsdag, it specifically means this coming Tuesday.
Doesn't vil usually mean want? Why is it translated as would like?
On its own, vil usually means want to. But when you add the word gerne (which translates roughly to gladly), the phrase vil gerne becomes a polite, common way to say would like to.
Why is the verb rejse not ending in an -r here?
Because vil is a helper verb. When you use a helper verb in Danish, the main verb that follows it must be in its basic dictionary form (the infinitive). That is why we use rejse instead of the present tense rejser.
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