Breakdown of Vi gik til stranden med hunden.
hunden
the dog
vi
we
til
to (preposition) / for (purpose) / at (an event or occasion) / at (good at something)
gå
to walk / to go / to go out, to fail (of power)
Questions & Answers about Vi gik til stranden med hunden.
Does gik mean we walked, or just that we traveled there?
Gik is the past tense of at gå, which specifically means to walk. If you drove, you would use a different verb like kørte (drove) or tog (took). Unlike in English, you cannot use the Danish word for "go" as a generic word for traveling.
Where is the word for "the" in stranden and hunden?
In Danish, "the" usually isn't a separate word that goes in front of the noun. Instead, it is added to the end of the word as a suffix. Strand (beach) becomes stranden (the beach), and hund (dog) becomes hunden (the dog).
Why do both of those nouns end with -en?
Nouns in Danish are divided into two categories or "genders". Both strand and hund are "en-words" (common gender), meaning you say en strand and en hund for "a beach" and "a dog". To say "the", you attach that en to the end.
Is til always the right word to use for "to"?
Til is the most common preposition to show movement towards a physical destination, so it is perfect for going to the beach. You will learn other words for "to" later for different situations (like giving a gift to someone), but for traveling to a place, til is exactly what you need.