Breakdown of Hvem gider pudse spejlet på badeværelset?
hvem
who
spejlet
the mirror
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
badeværelset
the bathroom
gide
to bother to
pudse
to polish / to clean (windows)
Questions & Answers about Hvem gider pudse spejlet på badeværelset?
Why is there no "at" (to) before pudse?
The verb gider (can be bothered to) acts like a modal verb here. This means it is followed directly by the bare infinitive of the next verb, so you just use pudse without at.
How exactly do you use the verb gider?
Gider is very common in spoken Danish. It expresses whether you have the energy, patience, or desire to do something. If you say jeg gider ikke, it means "I don't feel like it" or "I can't be bothered." Here, asking hvem gider means "who has the energy or desire to do this?"
Why does the sentence use på badeværelset instead of i badeværelset?
While i usually means "in", Danish uses the preposition på (on) for certain specific rooms in a house. The bathroom is one of the most common examples, so you will almost always hear på badeværelset and på toilettet.
Why does badeværelset only add a "-t" at the end to mean "the bathroom", while spejlet adds "-et"?
Both et badeværelse and et spejl are neuter words. To make them definite ("the"), you attach the "et" to the end. However, because badeværelse already ends with an "e", you drop the extra "e" and just add a "-t" to make badeværelset. Spejl doesn't end in an "e", so it gets the full "-et".
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