Breakdown of Er du glad for dit job?
du
you
din
your (singular)
jobbet
the job
være glad for
to be fond of, happy with
Questions & Answers about Er du glad for dit job?
Why does the sentence use for instead of a Danish word that means with?
In English, you say you are happy with something, but in Danish, the fixed expression is glad for. Prepositions rarely translate perfectly word-for-word between languages, so it is best to memorize glad for as a set phrase meaning happy with or fond of.
Why is it dit job and not din job?
In Danish, the word for your changes depending on the gender of the noun it describes. The word job is a neuter noun (meaning it is et job). Because it is an et word, you must use the neuter form of your, which is dit. If the noun were an en word, you would use din.
Why does the verb Er come at the very beginning of the sentence?
Just like in English, Danish creates a yes-or-no question by swapping the order of the subject (du) and the verb (er). In a normal statement, the word order would be Du er glad (You are happy), but to ask a question, it becomes Er du glad? (Are you happy?).
Does glad for always mean happy with?
While it means happy with in this sentence, glad for is also the most common way to say that you like or are fond of something. For example, Jeg er glad for kaffe translates to: I like coffee.