Questions & Answers about Vi var både trætte og sultne.
Why is it trætte and not just træt?
In Danish, adjectives must match whether the noun or pronoun they describe is singular or plural. Because the subject Vi (we) is plural, you add an -e to the base word træt to make the plural form trætte.
The basic word for 'hungry' is sulten. Why is it spelled sultne here?
When Danish adjectives end in -en, -el, or -er (like sulten), they usually drop the -e- from that ending before adding the plural -e. This makes the word easier to pronounce, so it becomes sultne instead of 'sultene'.
How do you construct 'both... and...' phrases in Danish?
You use the word pair både ... og. In this sentence, både (both) comes right before the first adjective (trætte) and og (and) links the second one (sultne). It works exactly like the English 'both... and' structure.