Breakdown of Lad være med at tage risikoen!
tage
to take / to make (a decision)
at
to
lade være med
to stop (doing something)
risikoen
the risk
Questions & Answers about Lad være med at tage risikoen!
Why does lad være med at mean do not?
Lad være literally translates to let be. When you add med at (with to) and an action, it forms a very common set phrase used in Danish to tell someone not to do something or to stop doing it.
How do I use det to change this sentence to mean Don't do it?
You can replace the entire action clause at tage risikoen with the pronoun det. The sentence then becomes Lad være med det! which means Don't do that or Stop it. This substitutes the whole action with a simple it.
Why is there an at before tage?
The phrase lad være med ends with the preposition med. When an action follows a preposition in Danish, it must be in the infinitive form and usually requires the infinitive marker at before the verb.
How is the definite noun risikoen formed?
The base word for risk is en risiko. To make it definite and say the risk, you simply add the ending -en directly to the noun, creating risikoen.
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