Word
Ledelsen må sørge for at hotellet er helt rent.
Meaning
The management must make sure that the hotel is completely clean.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Ledelsen må sørge for at hotellet er helt rent.
være
to be
måtte
to be allowed to / must
hotellet
the hotel
at
that
Questions & Answers about Ledelsen må sørge for at hotellet er helt rent.
Why is there a for right before at?
In Danish, the verb sørge pairs with the preposition for to mean "make sure" or "take care of". Unlike English, which usually drops prepositions before "that", Danish keeps the preposition right before the at-clause. So, "make sure that" becomes sørge for at.
Why does rent end in a -t?
rent (clean) describes hotellet (the hotel). Because hotel is a neuter noun (an et-word), the adjective must match its gender by adding a -t to the base form ren.
Why does the word helt also have a -t ending here?
In this sentence, helt (completely) is used as an adverb describing how clean the hotel is. In Danish, you usually form an adverb by adding a -t to the adjective form (hel), regardless of the noun's gender.
Why is the l doubled in hotellet?
hotel is an et-word. When adding the definite suffix -et to make it "the hotel", the final consonant is doubled. This is a common spelling rule to indicate that the preceding vowel sound remains short.
Could må mean "may" in this context?