Breakdown of Barnet spiser en gulerod.
en
a / an (common)
barnet
the child
spise
to eat
guleroden
the carrot
Questions & Answers about Barnet spiser en gulerod.
Why does the translation say "is eating" when spiser just translates to "eats"?
In Danish, there is no separate continuous tense like there is in English. The present tense spiser translates to both "eats" and "is eating" depending on what makes the most sense in the context.
If barnet means "the child", where is the word for "the"?
In Danish, the word for "the" is usually added directly to the end of the noun instead of being a separate word before it. Because the word for child is an "et" word (et barn), you add -et to the end to make barnet.
Is there a trick to remember why it is en gulerod and not et gulerod?
Yes! Gulerod is a compound word made of gul (yellow) and rod (root). In Danish, compound words always take the gender of their final part. Since it is en rod, the full word becomes en gulerod.
Since barnet is singular, how would I change this to say "the children"?
The word barn has an irregular plural, which is børn. To say "the children", you add the plural definite ending to make børnene.
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