Breakdown of Når det regner, vil jeg hellere blive indendørs og se serien.
jeg
I
det
it (neuter)
og
and
se
to see / to look at
ville
want to / will
blive
to stay / to become
regne
to rain
når
when
hellere
rather
indendørs
indoors
serien
the series
Questions & Answers about Når det regner, vil jeg hellere blive indendørs og se serien.
Why do we use vil ... hellere to say "would rather"?
Hellere is the comparative form of gerne (gladly). When you combine the modal verb vil (want to) with hellere (more gladly), it literally means "want to more gladly". In English, we translate this natural Danish phrasing as "prefer to" or "would rather".
Why is the word order vil jeg instead of jeg vil after the comma?
This is the Danish V2 (verb-second) rule in action. The entire first part of the sentence, Når det regner, acts as one big block in position one. To keep the main verb in the second position, vil must come immediately after the comma, followed by the subject jeg.
Why are the verbs blive and se in the infinitive form?
Both verbs are controlled by the modal verb vil (want/will). Modal verbs always take a dictionary-form infinitive verb without at. Even though se is later in the sentence, it is linked by og (and) to blive, so it still relies on that same vil.
Could I use da instead of når for "when" in this sentence?
No, you must use når here. In Danish, når is used for things that happen repeatedly (like "whenever it rains") or in the future. The word da is only used for a specific one-time event that happened in the past.
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