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De glade tilskuere gik hjem fra stadionet.
Meaning
The happy spectators went home from the stadium.
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Breakdown of De glade tilskuere gik hjem fra stadionet.
fra
from
glad
happy
de
the (plural, before adjective)
gå
to walk / to go / to go out, to fail (of power)
Questions & Answers about De glade tilskuere gik hjem fra stadionet.
Why is it De glade tilskuere and not Tilskuerne glade?
When a definite noun is preceded by an adjective, Danish uses the independent definite article (den, det, or de for plural). You also drop the definite suffix from the noun itself, which is why we don't say tilskuerne here.
Why does the sentence use hjem instead of hjemme?
Danish makes a strict distinction between direction and location. You use hjem when there is movement towards a destination, like walking home (gik hjem). You use hjemme to describe a static location, like being at home.
Is tilskuere a regular plural?
Yes, for its specific noun group. Nouns ending in -er, which typically describe a person performing an action, form their plural by simply adding an -e rather than the more common -er or -r. So en tilskuer becomes flere tilskuere.
What is the root form of stadionet?
The root is et stadion. Because it is a neuter noun, it takes the -et suffix in the definite singular form to become stadionet.