Breakdown of Når han får jobbet, vil han spare op.
han
he
jobbet
the job
ville
want to / will
når
when
få
to get, to receive / to have (children)
spare op
to save up
Questions & Answers about Når han får jobbet, vil han spare op.
Why do we use når here for "when"?
Når is used for "when" because this is a future event. In Danish, we use når for things happening in the present, the future, or repeatedly (whenever). If it were a single event that had already happened in the past, we would use da instead.
Why is it vil han instead of han vil in the second half of the sentence?
This is because of the V2 (verb-second) rule. The entire first part of the sentence (Når han får jobbet) acts as the first "block" of information. To keep the main verb (vil) in the second position, the subject (han) has to swap places and come right after it.
Why is the verb får in the present tense if he hasn't gotten the job yet?
Danish often uses the present tense to talk about the future, especially after time words like når. This is actually just like English, where we also say "When he gets the job" instead of "When he will get the job."
What does op do in the phrase spare op?
Similar to English, spare op is a phrasal verb meaning "to save up" (specifically referring to money). The verb spare on its own can mean "to save" in general (like saving time or effort), but adding op makes it about accumulating money over time.
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