Breakdown of Vi ser et klassisk skuespil.
et
a / an (neuter)
se
to see / to look at
vi
we
skuespillet
the play
klassisk
classic
Questions & Answers about Vi ser et klassisk skuespil.
Why is it et klassisk skuespil and not et klassiskt skuespil?
Normally, you add a -t to an adjective when it describes a neuter (et) noun. However, adjectives that end in -sk are an exception. They don't take the -t ending, which is why klassisk stays exactly the same here.
Why is ser translated as "are watching" instead of "see"?
Danish doesn't have a direct equivalent to the English continuous tense ("are watching"). The simple present ser covers both "see" and "are watching". Furthermore, Danish uses at se broadly for watching entertainment like plays, TV, or movies.
How can I easily remember that skuespil is an et word?
Skuespil is a compound word made of skue (sight/show) and spil (game/play). In Danish, the gender of a compound noun is always decided by its last part. Since it is et spil, the combined word is automatically et skuespil.
Even though klassisk skips the -t here, does it still get an -e in the plural?
Yes! The zero-ending rule for -sk adjectives only applies to the neuter -t ending. If you were talking about multiple plays or using the definite form, you would still add the regular -e (for example, de klassiske skuespil - the classic plays).
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