Word
Lad være med at drille din søster!
Meaning
Stop teasing your sister!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Lad være med at drille din søster!
din
your (singular)
søsteren
the sister
at
to
lade være med
to stop (doing something)
Questions & Answers about Lad være med at drille din søster!
Why does this sentence use Lad være med at to mean "stop"?
The phrase lad være med at is the most common way in Danish to tell someone to stop doing what they are currently doing, or to tell them not to do it at all (a negative command). It literally translates to "let be with to".
Why is the word at needed before drille?
When the phrase lad være med is followed by a verb like drille (tease), you must use the infinitive marker at (to). If you wanted to tell someone to leave a noun alone instead of an action, you would drop the at.
Is Lad the command form of a verb?
Yes, Lad is the imperative (command) form of the verb at lade (to let or allow). In Danish, you create the command form by taking the infinitive verb and dropping the final -e.
Why is it din søster and not dit søster?
The word for "your" must match the gender of the noun it belongs to. Because søster is a common gender word (en søster), you must use din. You would only use dit for neuter (et) words.