Breakdown of Nu går kvinden ind i restauranten.
kvinden
the woman
nu
now
i
in
gå
to walk / to go / to go out, to fail (of power)
Questions & Answers about Nu går kvinden ind i restauranten.
Why is it ind and not inde in this sentence?
Because the woman is moving from the outside to the inside. ind is the directional form showing movement towards a place. If she were already sitting inside eating, you would use the locational form inde.
Why is the word order går kvinden instead of kvinden går?
Danish follows the V2 (verb-second) rule. Since the sentence starts with the time word Nu, the verb går must take the second position. This pushes the subject kvinden into the third position.
Why are there two words for in (ind and i) right next to each other?
They do slightly different jobs. ind is an adverb showing the direction of her movement (inwards), and i is the preposition linking this movement to the specific place (restauranten). Together, ind i translates to into.
How does restauranten mean the restaurant?
In Danish, the word for the is usually attached to the end of the noun rather than being a separate word. The base word is en restaurant (a restaurant). By moving that article to the end as a suffix, it becomes restauranten (the restaurant).