Word
Hun skal sælge en ridset krukke til genbrugsbutikken.
Meaning
She is going to sell a scratched jar to the second-hand shop.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hun skal sælge en ridset krukke til genbrugsbutikken.
hun
she
en
a / an (common)
til
to (preposition) / for (purpose) / at (an event or occasion) / at (good at something)
skulle
to have to / must / to be going to
Questions & Answers about Hun skal sælge en ridset krukke til genbrugsbutikken.
Why does the word for "scratched" end in -t here (en ridset krukke)?
Here, the past participle ridset (from the verb at ridse) is acting as an adjective describing en krukke (a jar). Because krukke is a common gender noun (an en word), the participle keeps its standard -t ending. Note that if it were a neuter noun (an et word), the ending would still be -t (e.g., et ridset bord), because participles ending in -et do not get an extra -t in the neuter form.
How would ridset change if she was selling "the scratched jar" or "multiple scratched jars"?
When a past participle ending in -et is used with a definite article or in the plural, the ending changes to -ede. So "the scratched jar" would be den ridsede krukke, and "scratched jars" would be ridsede krukker.
Why use skal sælge for "is going to sell" instead of vil sælge?
Both skal and vil can express future actions, but skal implies a plan, an obligation, or a set intention. Because she has a specific plan to take the jar to the shop, skal is the most natural fit here. Vil sælge would sound more like "wants to sell" or a simple future prediction.
What is the grammatical function of the -s- in genbrugsbutikken?