Breakdown of Den sunde livsstil er god for kroppen.
være
to be
god
good
den
the (common, before adjective)
sund
healthy (wholesome, sound)
livsstilen
the lifestyle
for
for (preposition)
kroppen
the body
Questions & Answers about Den sunde livsstil er god for kroppen.
Why is it sunde with an -e at the end instead of just sund?
Because it comes directly after the definite article Den (The). In Danish, whenever an adjective is placed between a definite article (like den, det, or de) and a noun, it must take the definite ending, which is almost always -e. So, sund becomes sunde.
Later in the sentence, why doesn't god get an -e or -t ending?
The adjective god describes livsstil (lifestyle). Because livsstil is an en word (common gender) and singular, the adjective stays in its basic form. It doesn't get a -t (which is for et words) or an -e (which is for plurals, or for adjectives placed directly before a definite noun, like sunde).
Why does kroppen have a double p when the dictionary word is krop?
When making the word definite by adding the -en ending, Danish often doubles the final consonant if the word is short and ends in a single consonant right after a short vowel. This spelling rule keeps the vowel sounding short. So, krop becomes kroppen.
How would I use this lesson's modal verb bør to say 'The healthy lifestyle ought to be good for the body'?
You would insert bør (ought to) and change the main verb er (is) to its infinitive form, være (to be). Modal verbs are always followed by an infinitive. The sentence would become: Den sunde livsstil bør være god for kroppen.
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