Breakdown of Hun tager altid beslutningen selv.
hun
she
tage
to take / to make (a decision)
altid
always
selv
oneself / myself / yourself / etc. (emphatic)
Questions & Answers about Hun tager altid beslutningen selv.
Why is selv placed at the very end of the sentence?
The emphatic pronoun selv (meaning herself here) emphasizes that she is the one doing the action, not someone else. In Danish, it usually goes at the end of the sentence. You wouldn't normally put it right after hun like we sometimes do in English with "she herself".
Why do we use tager instead of a word for "makes"?
In Danish, you don't "make" a decision, you "take" a decision. The fixed phrase is at tage en beslutning. Using a word like laver (makes/does) here would sound unnatural to native speakers.
Why does altid come after the verb tager?
This is because of the V2 rule in Danish, which says the main verb must be the second element in a main sentence. Short adverbs like altid (always), aldrig (never), and ikke (not) usually drop in right after that main verb.
How do we get the ending on beslutningen?
The base noun is en beslutning (a decision). Because Danish attaches the definite article ("the") to the end of the noun, you just add that -en to the end, resulting in beslutningen (the decision).