Breakdown of Vi bliver hos svigerfamilien i weekenden.
vi
we
i
in
weekenden
the weekend
blive
to stay / to become
Questions & Answers about Vi bliver hos svigerfamilien i weekenden.
Why do we use hos here instead of i or på?
The preposition hos means "at the home of" or "at the clinic of" a person. Because the in-laws are people, we must use hos to say we are staying at their place. You cannot use i or på when referring to being at someone's personal home in this way.
Doesn't bliver usually mean "become"? Why is it translated as "are staying"?
The verb at blive is very common and has two main meanings: "to become" and "to stay" or "to remain". You can easily tell which one it is from the context. Because it is followed by a location here (hos svigerfamilien), it means "staying".
How is the word svigerfamilien put together?
It is a compound word. The prefix sviger- is used for in-laws, for example, en svigermor is a mother-in-law. Familie means family, and the -n at the very end is the attached definite article meaning "the".
Why does i weekenden mean "this weekend"?
In Danish, time expressions often use the preposition i plus the definite form of the noun to mean "this" coming time period or "during the" time period. I weekenden is a fixed expression that means "this weekend" or "over the weekend".