Breakdown of Jeg er meget sulten, men jeg bliver snart mæt.
jeg
I
være
to be
sulten
hungry
blive
to stay / to become
Questions & Answers about Jeg er meget sulten, men jeg bliver snart mæt.
The English translation says "will soon get", but the Danish is just bliver. Does blive also mean "will"?
Not exactly. Blive means "to become" or "to get" (when describing a change of state). However, Danish frequently uses the present tense of a verb to talk about the future, especially when there's a time word like snart (soon). Because of this, jeg bliver snart naturally translates to "I will soon get".
Why do we use bliver for "get" here instead of får?
In English, "get" is used for many different things! When "get" means "to become" and is followed by an adjective (like getting full, getting cold, getting tired), Danish uses blive. You only use få when "get" means to physically receive or obtain an object.
Can I use fuld instead of mæt to say I am full?
No, you should always use mæt when talking about being full or satiated from eating food. The word fuld means "full" for objects (like a full box or glass), but if you say jeg er fuld about yourself, it actually means "I am drunk"!
Why is snart placed before mæt instead of at the end of the sentence?
Snart (soon) is a central adverb, which means it follows the same word order rules as words like ikke (not) or altid (always). In a regular main clause like this one, these adverbs sit right after the main verb. That is why it is bliver snart mæt and not bliver mæt snart.