Word
Du burde ikke have ignoreret din mavefornemmelse.
Meaning
You ought not to have ignored your gut feeling.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Du burde ikke have ignoreret din mavefornemmelse.
du
you
have
to have
ikke
not
din
your (singular)
Questions & Answers about Du burde ikke have ignoreret din mavefornemmelse.
Why do we use the past tense burde instead of the present tense bør here?
Danish uses the past tense of the modal verb (burde) combined with have and a past participle (ignoreret) to express unfulfilled past obligations or regrets. If you used bør, it would sound like a general rule for the present or future, rather than a past mistake.
Why does ikke come exactly between burde and have?
In a standard main clause, the central adverb (ikke) must come immediately after the first, conjugated verb. Here, that first verb is burde, so ikke steps in before the rest of the verb chain (have ignoreret).
What are the parts that make up the compound word mavefornemmelse?
It is built from mave (stomach or gut) and fornemmelse (feeling, sense, or perception). Just like in English, it refers to an instinctive feeling about a situation.
Why is the possessive pronoun din instead of dit?
Possessive pronouns must agree with the gender of the noun they describe. Because fornemmelse is a common-gender noun (an en word), you use din. If the noun had been neuter (an et word), you would use dit.