Breakdown of Sikke en skøn overraskelse at du kommer forbi!
du
you
en
a / an (common)
at
that
komme forbi
to drop by
Questions & Answers about Sikke en skøn overraskelse at du kommer forbi!
Why do we use sikke en here instead of hvor?
Because it is followed by a noun phrase (en skøn overraskelse). You use sikke en, sikke et, or sikke nogle when exclaiming about a noun. If you were exclaiming about the adjective alone without a noun, you would use hvor, as in Hvor skønt! (How wonderful!).
Why is the adjective skøn and not skønt or skønne?
The whole phrase must agree with the noun overraskelse (surprise). Because it is a common gender word (en overraskelse), we use sikke en and the basic form of the adjective skøn without a -t or -e ending.
Is kommer forbi a fixed phrase?
Yes, at komme forbi is a very common phrasal verb meaning 'to drop by' or 'to visit informally'. It translates almost word-for-word to the English 'coming by'.
Does the word at change the word order of du kommer forbi?
at introduces a subordinate clause, which has a specific rule for adverbs. The basic Subject-Verb order (du kommer) looks the same as a normal sentence here. However, if you wanted to add an adverb like lige (just), it must go before the verb in a subordinate clause: at du lige kommer forbi.