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Denne mand er skyldig i mordet, ikke også?

Denne mand er skyldig i mordet, ikke også?
This man is guilty of the murder, isn't he?
From Lesson 182:Tag questions (ikke også, vel)·Danish

Questions & Answers about Denne mand er skyldig i mordet, ikke også?

Why do we use ikke også here instead of vel for 'isn't he'?
Because the main sentence (Denne mand er skyldig i mordet) is a positive statement. In Danish, when you want to confirm a positive statement, you use the tag ikke også. If the statement were negative, like 'He is not guilty', you would use vel instead.
Why is it skyldig i instead of using af for 'guilty of'?
Prepositions rarely translate one-to-one between English and Danish. While English says 'guilty of', Danish uses skyldig i (literally 'guilty in'). It is a fixed expression that you just have to memorize!
Why is the sentence using Denne mand instead of Dette mand?
The word for 'this' has to match the gender of the noun. Because mand (man) is an en-word (en mand), we must use denne. If we were talking about an et-word, like et hus (a house), we would use dette instead (dette hus).
How does mordet translate to 'the murder'?
In Danish, the word for 'the' is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix. The word for 'a murder' is et mord. To make it 'the murder', you attach the -et to the end, giving you mordet.

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