Word
Hvor er det imponerende at hun svømmer så hurtigt!
Meaning
How impressive it is that she swims so fast!
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Hvor er det imponerende at hun svømmer så hurtigt!
være
to be
hun
she
det
it (neuter)
hurtig
fast
Questions & Answers about Hvor er det imponerende at hun svømmer så hurtigt!
Why do we use hvor here instead of sikke?
We use hvor because it is modifying an adjective (imponerende). In exclamations, hvor translates to 'how'. If we wanted to exclaim using a noun phrase, such as 'what an impressive speed', we would use sikke instead: Sikke en imponerende fart!
Why does the verb er come before the subject det?
This happens because of the Danish V2 (verb-second) rule. The exclamation hvor occupies the first position in the main clause, so the verb er must take the second position, pushing the subject det into the third position.
Since the subject is the neuter word det, why doesn't imponerende end in a -t?
The word imponerende ends in -ende, which makes it a present participle (similar to English words ending in '-ing') that is being used as an adjective. Words ending in -ende are exceptions to the usual adjective rules and never change their endings to match gender or plurals.
Why does hurtigt get a -t at the end here?
In this part of the sentence, hurtigt is acting as an adverb because it describes the verb svømmer (it tells us how she swims). In Danish, you typically create an adverb by adding a -t to the base adjective form (hurtig).