Breakdown of Hvilket bord lægger I mikrofonen på?
bordet
the table
I
you (plural)
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
hvilken
which?
lægge
to lay / to do (a jigsaw puzzle)
mikrofonen
the microphone
Questions & Answers about Hvilket bord lægger I mikrofonen på?
Why is på at the very end of the sentence instead of before hvilket bord?
Just like in English, Danish often leaves the preposition at the end of a wh-question. This is called preposition stranding. While you could technically ask På hvilket bord lægger I mikrofonen?, leaving på at the very end is much more natural and common in everyday Danish.
Why do we use hvilket here instead of hvilken?
The word for which must agree with the gender of the noun it belongs to. Because table is an et-word (et bord), you must use the neuter form hvilket. If you were asking about an en-word like a chair (en stol), you would use hvilken.
Could I use ligger instead of lægger in this sentence?
No, because they mean two different things. Lægger implies motion or an action being performed (someone is actively putting or laying the microphone down). Ligger describes a state of rest (the microphone is already lying on the table). Since the subject I (you all) is actively placing the microphone, lægger is the correct choice.
Why does the verb lægger come before the subject I?
In Danish, the verb must be the second idea in the sentence. Here, the entire question phrase hvilket bord (which table) takes up the first position. To keep the verb in the second position, it swaps places with the subject I, creating inverted word order.
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