Breakdown of I myldretiden er forsinkelser uundgåelige.
være
to be
i
in
forsinkelsen
the delay
myldretiden
the rush hour
Questions & Answers about I myldretiden er forsinkelser uundgåelige.
Why does the verb er come before the subject forsinkelser?
This is a classic example of the V2 (verb-second) rule. Because the sentence starts with the prepositional phrase I myldretiden, the verb er must take the second position, pushing the subject forsinkelser to the third position.
How could we rewrite this to use på grund af (because of), which is the focus of this lesson?
You could say Forsinkelser er uundgåelige på grund af myldretiden. Since på grund af is a preposition, it perfectly connects to the noun phrase myldretiden without needing a full clause.
The word uundgåelige is quite long. How do you break it down?
It is built very logically: u- (un-) plus the verb undgå (avoid) plus the suffix -elig (-able) plus the plural ending -e.
Why does uundgåelige have an -e at the end here?
Adjectives must agree with the noun they describe. Because forsinkelser (delays) is plural, the adjective takes the plural -e ending.
Where does the word myldretiden come from?