Questions & Answers about Hun kommer med toget i aften.
Why does the sentence use kommer if she is coming tonight (in the future)?
In Danish, you can often use the present tense (kommer) to talk about the future, especially when you include a time phrase like i aften (tonight). Also, Danish does not have a separate 'is coming' form, so kommer covers 'comes', 'is coming', and 'will come'.
Doesn't med usually mean 'with'? Why is it translated as 'by'?
Yes, med literally means 'with'. However, when talking about transportation in Danish, you always use med instead of a direct translation of 'by'. So, you are literally saying she comes 'with the train'.
Where is the word for 'the' in toget?
In Danish, 'the' is added to the end of the noun rather than being a separate word before it. The word for train is et tog (an 'et' word). To say 'the train', you attach that -et to the end of the word, making it toget.
Is i aften the standard way to say 'tonight'?
Yes! Literally it translates to 'in evening', but i aften is the fixed phrase you use to say 'tonight' or 'this evening'. You will see this pattern with other times too, like i dag for 'today'.