Breakdown of Alternativet er hverken godt eller sandt.
være
to be
god
good
eller
or
hverken
neither
alternativet
the alternative
sand
true
Questions & Answers about Alternativet er hverken godt eller sandt.
Why does the sentence use eller for "nor"?
In Danish, the pairing for "neither ... nor" is hverken ... eller. While hverken means "neither", Danish doesn't have a specific word for "nor". Instead, it reuses eller (which normally means "or") to complete the pair.
Why do the adjectives godt and sandt end in "-t"?
Adjectives in Danish change to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because they refer to alternativet (a neuter noun coming from et alternativ), the base adjectives god (good) and sand (true) both get a neuter -t added to the end.
Does hverken make the sentence negative on its own, or do I also need ikke?
hverken already makes the statement negative all by itself, exactly like "neither" does in English. You should not add ikke, because that would create an incorrect double negative.
How do I know that alternativet means "the alternative" and not just "alternative"?
Instead of using a separate word for "the", Danish attaches the definite article to the end of the noun. The base word is et alternativ (an alternative). Because it is an et word, you add -et to the end to get alternativet (the alternative).
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