Breakdown of Manden bliver ved med at snorke, og det er meget irriterende.
være
to be
manden
the man
det
it (neuter)
og
and
at
to
blive
to stay / to become
meget
very; much, a lot
med
with; by (bus, train) / of, to (the meaning or point of something)
irriterende
annoying
blive ved med
to keep on (doing)
snorke
to snore
Questions & Answers about Manden bliver ved med at snorke, og det er meget irriterende.
How does bliver ved med at work here to mean keeps snoring?
The phrase blive ved med at is a fixed expression used to show that an action continues. It is always followed by a verb in the infinitive form, which is snorke in this sentence. While its literal word-for-word translation makes little sense in English, it is the standard Danish way to say someone keeps doing or continues doing something.
Why must we include at before snorke?
In Danish, when a preposition like med is followed by a verb, that verb must be in the infinitive and preceded by the infinitive marker at. You cannot skip at or use a present-tense verb after med in this grammatical structure.
What does the pronoun det refer to in the second half of the sentence?
The word det refers back to the entire situation described in the first clause, which is the man's continuous snoring. Whenever you refer back to a whole action or a general concept rather than a specific noun, you always use the neuter pronoun det.
Why does irriterende end in -ende?
The suffix -ende forms the present participle of the verb irritere (to annoy), functioning exactly like the -ing ending in the English word annoying. When used as an adjective, a Danish word ending in -ende is very easy to use because it never changes its spelling to match the gender or number of the subject.
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