Word
Turisten står og kigger på monumentet.
Meaning
The tourist is standing and looking at the monument.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Turisten står og kigger på monumentet.
og
and
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
stå
to stand
kigge
to look
Questions & Answers about Turisten står og kigger på monumentet.
Why does the sentence use står og kigger instead of just saying Turisten kigger?
In Danish, you often use a posture verb (like står, sidder, or ligger) plus og and another verb to show that an action is happening right now. It is the Danish way of expressing the English "-ing" continuous form. Since the tourist is on their feet while looking, we use står og kigger (literally "stands and looks").
Why are both står and kigger in the present tense?
When using this "posture + og + action" structure, both verbs must match in tense. Because the action is happening right now, both verbs get the present tense -r ending. If it happened yesterday, they would both be in the past tense: stod og kiggede.
Why is på used here to mean "at"?
The verb kigger (looks) pairs specifically with the preposition på to mean "looking at" something. Just like in English, prepositions rarely translate one-to-one, so it is best to memorize kigger på as a set phrase.
Why does monumentet end in -et while turisten ends in -en?