Breakdown of Begge hold præsterede dårligere på grund af regnen.
dårlig
bad
holdet
the team
begge
both
på grund af
because of
Questions & Answers about Begge hold præsterede dårligere på grund af regnen.
Why does the adverb dårligere not have a -t at the end, like the basic adverb dårligt?
dårligere is the comparative form (worse). While the basic adverb needs a -t to show it describes the verb (dårligt), comparative and superlative adverbs in Danish do not take this extra -t. They look exactly the same as the comparative and superlative adjectives.
Is hold singular or plural in this sentence?
It is plural. Begge means 'both' and always requires a plural noun. Hold (team) is a neuter word (et hold) that does not change its spelling in the indefinite plural, so 'teams' is also just hold.
Could I use fordi instead of på grund af here?
No, you cannot. På grund af translates to 'because of' and is used before a noun, like regnen (the rain). Fordi just means 'because' and must be followed by a complete sentence with a subject and a verb, such as fordi det regnede (because it rained).
How do I form the superlative ('worst') if dårligere is 'worse'?
The superlative form is dårligst. For this word family, the basic adverb is dårligt (badly), the comparative is dårligere (worse), and the superlative is dårligst (worst).