Word
Det var overskyet og koldt for tre dage siden.
Meaning
It was overcast and cold three days ago.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Questions & Answers about Det var overskyet og koldt for tre dage siden.
Why do we start the sentence with det instead of den?
When talking about the weather, temperature, or time, Danish always uses the dummy subject det (it). Because weather is a general state and does not refer to a specific common-gender noun, we default to the neuter pronoun det.
Why does kold have a -t added to it to make koldt?
Adjectives must agree with the gender of the subject they describe. Since the dummy subject det is neuter, the adjective kold (cold) must take the neuter -t ending.
Why doesn't overskyet get an extra -t added to match det?
The word overskyet (overcast) already ends in a -t because of how it is formed from a verb. Words that naturally end in a -t like this do not need an extra one added when used with the neuter subject det.
How does the grammar for for tre dage siden work?
To say that something happened a certain amount of time ago, Danish uses the phrase for [time period] siden. You cannot just say tre dage siden; you must wrap the time period with for at the beginning and siden at the end.