Breakdown of Udvalget er stort, men jeg tager det der er blåt.
jeg
I
være
to be
stor
big
blå
blue
tage
to take / to make (a decision)
men
but
det
that (demonstrative, neuter)
der
who, which (relative, subject)
udvalget
the selection
Questions & Answers about Udvalget er stort, men jeg tager det der er blåt.
Why do we use det der instead of den der for 'the one that'?
The pronoun det is used here because it refers back to an item from udvalget (the selection) or implies you are choosing a neuter et-word. If you were picking from a selection of en-words like en bil (a car), you would use den der instead.
Can I use som instead of der in this sentence?
Yes, you could say det som er blåt. Because the relative pronoun acts as the subject of the clause (it is the thing that is blue), both der and som are grammatically correct. However, der is very common in everyday spoken Danish when it acts as the subject.
Why do the adjectives stort and blåt both end with a t?
Adjectives in Danish must agree with the gender of the noun they describe. Because udvalget is an et-word (neuter), the adjective stor becomes stort. Similarly, blåt gets a t because it describes the neuter pronoun det.
Does tager translate to both 'take' and 'am taking'?
Yes. Danish does not have a separate continuous tense like the English am taking. The present tense verb tager covers both taking something as a general fact and taking something right now in this exact moment.
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