Questions & Answers about Sætningen er for lang.
Why does Sætningen mean 'The sentence' and not just 'Sentence'?
In Danish, the word for 'the' is attached to the end of the noun. Because sætning is an en word, we add -en to the end to make it sætningen.
I thought the Danish word for 'too' was også. Why is it for here?
You use også when 'too' means 'also' or 'as well'. But when 'too' describes an adjective as being 'excessively' something (like 'too long' or 'too big'), you must use for.
Wait, doesn't for usually just mean 'for' in Danish?
It often does! But it does double duty. When placed right before an adjective like lang, for acts as an adverb meaning 'too'.
Why is the adjective lang without any added endings like -t or -e?
Adjectives change to match the noun they describe. Since sætning is a singular en word, we use the base form lang. If it were an et word it would be langt, and if it were plural it would be lange.
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