Breakdown of Vi har ikke formanden for bestyrelsens tilladelse endnu.
vi
we
have
to have
ikke
not
for
for (preposition)
formanden
the chairperson
endnu
yet; still
bestyrelsen
the board (of directors)
tilladelsen
the permission
Questions & Answers about Vi har ikke formanden for bestyrelsens tilladelse endnu.
Why is the possessive -s added to bestyrelsen instead of formanden?
This is the group genitive. Just like in English, when someone's title is a longer phrase like formanden for bestyrelsen (the chairman of the board), the possessive -s goes on the very last word of the phrase. This gives us formanden for bestyrelsens, exactly matching 'the chairman of the board's'.
Why is tilladelse in the indefinite form when it means 'the permission'?
In Danish, whenever a noun is owned by a genitive word or phrase (like bestyrelsens), the owned noun must drop its definite ending. So even though we are talking about a specific permission, it has to be bestyrelsens tilladelse, never bestyrelsens tilladelsen.
Why use for instead of af for 'of the board'?
Danish uses different prepositions for 'of' depending on the context. For leadership roles, titles, or representatives attached to a specific organization or group, Danish uses for. This is why it is formanden for bestyrelsen and not formanden af bestyrelsen.
Could endnu be placed earlier in the sentence?
No, endnu (yet) belongs at the very end here. It is an adverb of time, and in a standard Danish main clause, time expressions are typically placed at the end, right after the direct object (formanden for bestyrelsens tilladelse).
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