Breakdown of Kommer I på torsdag?
I
you (plural)
komme
to come
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
torsdag
Thursday
Questions & Answers about Kommer I på torsdag?
Why do we use "på" before "torsdag"?
In Danish, when you want to say that something is happening on a specific day in the near future (like this coming Thursday), you use the preposition på followed by the day of the week. So, på torsdag means "on Thursday" or "this Thursday".
Why isn't the word "torsdag" capitalized?
Unlike in English, days of the week, months, and seasons are not capitalized in Danish unless they happen to be the very first word of the sentence.
Both "du" and "I" mean "you". Why is "I" used in this sentence?
I is the plural "you" (like saying "you guys" or "y'all" in English). If you were asking just one person, you would use du and say Kommer du på torsdag?. Because this sentence uses I, we know the speaker is asking two or more people.
Why does the sentence start with the verb "kommer"?
To ask a yes/no question in Danish, you simply swap the order of the subject and the verb. Instead of the normal statement order (I kommer = "You are coming"), you put the verb first to make it a question: Kommer I? = "Are you coming?".
"Kommer" is in the present tense, but they are asking about a future event. Is that correct?
Yes! Just like in English, Danish frequently uses the present tense to talk about future plans, especially when a specific time word or phrase like på torsdag is already in the sentence to make it clear.
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