Questions & Answers about Hun drikker meget vand.
Why does meget mean 'a lot of' here? I thought it meant 'very'.
Meget can mean 'very' when used before an adjective, but when used before an uncountable noun like vand (water), it means 'a lot of' or 'much'.
Could I use mange instead of meget in this sentence?
No, because vand is uncountable. Just like in English where you use 'much' for water and 'many' for countable things, Danish uses meget for uncountable nouns and mange for things you can count.
How do you pronounce the 'd' at the end of vand?
It is a 'soft d' (blødt d). It sounds somewhat like the 'th' in the English word 'the', but softer and pronounced with the tongue lower in the mouth. It makes the word sound almost like 'van'.
Why does the verb drikker end in '-r'?
In Danish, verbs in the present tense almost always end in '-r'. The great thing about Danish is that verbs do not change depending on who is acting. So 'I drink', 'you drink', and 'she drinks' all use the exact same word: drikker.
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