Breakdown of Han læser mange artikler i løbet af semesteret.
han
he
læse
to read
mange
many
artiklen
the article
i løbet af
during
semesteret
the semester
Questions & Answers about Han læser mange artikler i løbet af semesteret.
How exactly does i løbet af work, and can I just use under instead?
i løbet af means "in the course of" or "during" a span of time. While under can also mean "during" (as in an event: under kampen - during the match), i løbet af is the natural choice for periods of time like days, years, or semesteret where an action is spread out or happens at some point within that timeframe.
Why is the word semesteret and not just semester?
i løbet af requires the noun to be specific here, so we use the definite form. Since semester is a neuter noun (et semester), it takes the -et suffix to become semesteret (the semester).
What is the singular form of artikler? The spelling looks slightly irregular.
The singular is en artikel. When nouns end in -el, they usually drop the e before adding the plural -er ending, which is why it becomes artikler and not "artikeler".
Just to refresh, why do we use mange here rather than meget?
mange means "many" and is used with things you can count, like artikler (articles). meget means "much" or "a lot of" and is used for uncountable things, like kaffe (coffee) or tid (time).
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