Breakdown of Hun synes at maden er for krydret.
være
to be
hun
she
maden
the food
for
too
at
that
synes
to think
krydret
spicy
Questions & Answers about Hun synes at maden er for krydret.
Wait, doesn't for usually mean "for"? Why does it mean "too" in this sentence?
In Danish, for has two very different jobs depending on the word that comes after it. When it is placed in front of a noun or pronoun, it is a preposition meaning "for". But when placed directly in front of an adjective, like krydret (spicy), it acts as an adverb meaning "too" or "excessively". This is why for krydret translates to "too spicy".
Why is synes used for "thinks" here instead of tror?
Danish uses different words for "think" depending on what you are trying to say. You use synes when you are expressing a personal opinion or a subjective feeling, which she is doing here by deciding the food is too spicy for her taste. If she were making a guess or expressing a belief about a fact (like "She thinks the food is in the fridge"), you would use tror instead.
Would the adjective krydret change if she were talking about multiple types of food?
Yes! Because maden (the food) is an en-word (common gender), krydret takes its basic form here. If she were talking about multiple dishes in the plural, the adjective would get an -e added to the end: De er for krydrede (They are too spicy).
Can I leave out the word at (that) in this sentence, like we often do in English?
Yes, just like in English, the connecting word at is optional in this kind of sentence. You can absolutely say Hun synes, maden er for krydret (She thinks the food is too spicy), and it sounds completely natural in everyday spoken Danish.
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