Breakdown of Mødet begynder kvart i ti.
ti
ten
mødet
the meeting
begynde
to begin
kvart
quarter
i
to (before, in clock times)
Questions & Answers about Mødet begynder kvart i ti.
Why does the sentence use i for "to" in kvart i ti?
When telling time, Danish uses i to mean "to" (literally "in"). So kvart i ti means "a quarter to ten". If you wanted to say "a quarter past ten", you would use over instead: kvart over ti.
Where is the word for "at" in the Danish sentence?
Danish doesn't require a preposition like "at" before the time. You can simply put the time expression directly after the verb, as in begynder kvart i ti. You could also add klokken (the clock) and say begynder klokken kvart i ti, but "at" is never translated directly here.
I remember that møde means meeting. Why does it end in -t here?
The base word is et møde (a meeting). Danish forms the definite article ("the") by attaching the -et or -en to the end of the noun. Since it is an et word, it becomes mødet (the meeting).
How do I pronounce the word kvart?
In Danish, the kv combination is pronounced a bit like "kw" in English. The r is also very soft and blends into the vowel, making kvart sound roughly like "kwat".
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