Breakdown of Jeg nyser når hunden er i stuen.
jeg
I
være
to be
hunden
the dog
i
in
stuen
the living room
når
when
nyse
to sneeze
Questions & Answers about Jeg nyser når hunden er i stuen.
How would I change this sentence to say "I keep sneezing" using the grammar from this lesson?
You would use bliver ved med at (keep on doing) followed by the infinitive nyse. The sentence becomes: Jeg bliver ved med at nyse når hunden er i stuen.
Why do we use når here for "when" instead of da?
In Danish, når is used for things that happen in the present or future, or things that happen repeatedly. Since sneezing around the dog is a recurring present-tense event, we use når. You only use da for a single, specific event in the past.
If I start the sentence with når hunden er i stuen, what happens to the rest of the word order?
Because of the V2 rule, the verb must be the second main element in the sentence. The entire subordinate clause når hunden er i stuen counts as the first position. Therefore, the verb nyser and subject jeg must flip places: Når hunden er i stuen, nyser jeg.
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