Word
Forfatteren er anerkendt for både sine romaner og sine artikler.
Meaning
The author is recognized for both her novels and her articles.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Forfatteren er anerkendt for både sine romaner og sine artikler.
være
to be
sine
his/her/its own (plural)
romanen
the novel
forfatteren
the author
Questions & Answers about Forfatteren er anerkendt for både sine romaner og sine artikler.
Why do we use for after anerkendt here?
The phrase anerkendt for is a fixed adjective and preposition combination meaning "recognized for" or "acknowledged for". When you want to state the reason someone is recognized, you will always pair anerkendt with for.
Why does it say sine instead of hendes for "her"?
Because the novels and articles belong to the subject of the sentence (forfatteren). When a third-person subject owns the object, Danish uses the reflexive possessive sin/sit/sine. If the sentence used hendes, it would mean the author is recognized for some other woman's work! We use the plural form sine because romaner and artikler are plural nouns.
Is både ... og always used together like this?
Yes, både X og Y is a fixed pairing that translates exactly to "both X and Y". It is a great way to emphasize that two things are equally important. Here it connects the two things the author is recognized for: sine romaner and sine artikler.
Does the word forfatteren reveal that the author is a woman?
No, forfatter is a gender-neutral noun. We only know the English translation is "her novels" because of assumed context. Without that context, sine could just as easily translate to "his" or "their" novels, because it simply tells us the novels belong to the subject.