Breakdown of Smagen af suppen er bedre i dag.
være
to be
god
good
i dag
today
af
of
smagen
the taste
suppen
the soup
Questions & Answers about Smagen af suppen er bedre i dag.
Why does the word bedre look so completely different from standard adjectives?
Bedre means "better". It is the irregular comparative form of the adjective god (good). Just like in English (good changing to better), the Danish word completely changes its root instead of just adding a normal ending. The superlative form ("best") is bedst.
The word for soup is suppe. Why is "the soup" written as suppen instead of suppeen?
When a common-gender noun already ends in an -e (like suppe), you only add an -n to make it definite ("the"), rather than adding the full -en ending. This avoids an awkward double-e at the end of the word.
Could I say suppens smag instead of smagen af suppen?
Yes! Suppens smag (the soup's taste) is completely correct. However, using af (of) to describe a property of an inanimate object is very common and natural in Danish, just like saying "the taste of the soup" in English.
Is i dag always written as two separate words?
Yes. While English combines it into one word ("today"), Danish always keeps i dag (literally "in day") as two separate words. The same rule applies to other time words like i morgen (tomorrow) and i går (yesterday).
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