Word
Forfatteren har aldrig skrevet en roman fordi det er svært.
Meaning
The author has never written a novel because it is difficult.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Forfatteren har aldrig skrevet en roman fordi det er svært.
være
to be
det
it (neuter)
en
a / an (common)
skrive
to write
Questions & Answers about Forfatteren har aldrig skrevet en roman fordi det er svært.
How do we form the present perfect of at skrive in this sentence?
We use the helping verb har and the past participle skrevet. At skrive (to write) is an irregular, or strong, verb. Instead of taking a regular ending, its vowel changes from i to e, making the past participle skrevet.
Why does aldrig come between har and skrevet?
In main clauses, short adverbs like aldrig (never) or ikke (not) are placed right after the first conjugated verb. Here, that is the helping verb har, so aldrig splits the helping verb and the past participle.
Does roman mean a romance story?
No, en roman is a false friend for English speakers. It is simply the Danish word for a novel of any genre. If you specifically want to talk about a romance novel, you would use the word en kærlighedsroman.
Why does svært have a -t at the end instead of just being svær?
The adjective must match the word it describes. Here, it describes the neutral pronoun det (it), which refers to the general idea of writing a novel. Because det is a neutral word, the adjective takes a neutral -t ending to match it.