Breakdown of Alting er i flyttekassen, og den er fuld.
være
to be
den
it (common)
og
and
i
in
alting
everything
flyttekassen
the moving box
fuld
full
Questions & Answers about Alting er i flyttekassen, og den er fuld.
Does alting count as singular or plural here?
It is singular! Just like in English where we say 'everything is', in Danish alting takes the singular verb er. It treats all the items together as one single concept.
Why does the sentence use den for 'it' instead of det?
In Danish, the word for 'it' depends on the gender of the noun you are talking about. Here, 'it' refers back to flyttekassen (the moving box). Since 'box' is an en word (en kasse), we must use den.
Why is the adjective fuld and not fuldt?
Adjectives need to match the gender of the noun they describe. Because fuld describes den (which stands for the en word flyttekassen), it uses the basic form without adding a -t. You would only add a -t if it described an et word.
How is the word flyttekassen formed?
It is a compound noun made from flytte (to move) and the definite noun kassen (the box). Danish loves to glue words together to make new ones, so a 'move-box' is literally a moving box!
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