Questions & Answers about Jeg vil ikke lade dem begrænse skærmtiden.
Why is there no at before begrænse?
In Danish, the verb lade (to let) acts like a modal verb when used to say you let or make someone do something. This means the action verb, begrænse (to limit), must be in its bare infinitive form without at (to). This matches English perfectly: we say 'let them limit', not 'let them to limit'.
Why is ikke placed right after vil instead of later in the sentence?
This is standard main clause word order. The first verb (vil) takes the second position. Sentence adverbs like ikke (not) always come immediately after this conjugated verb. The rest of the verbs in the chain (lade and begrænse) get pushed to the end of the clause.
Since 'they' are the ones who will limit the time, why do we use the object pronoun dem instead of the subject pronoun de?
Even though they are performing the action of limiting, the pronoun is grammatically the object of the verb lade (let). Therefore, it takes the object form dem (them). This works exactly the same way in English: we say 'let them limit', not 'let they limit'.
How is the word skærmtiden constructed?