Learn Danish: Den unge prins forvandlede sig til et uhyre. - The young prince transformed into a monster.

The preposition til is used in Danish to show a change of state, role, or a transformation. While English uses 'into' for both physical movement (walking into a room) and transformations (turning into a monster), Danish strictly uses til for transformations. Using ind i here would imply he physically walked inside a monster!

Why is the word sig included here? The English translation doesn't say 'himself'.

The Danish verb forvandle (to transform) requires an object. If a magician transforms a rabbit, the rabbit is the object. But when someone changes their own form, Danish treats it as a reflexive action. He transformed himself, which is why we must include the reflexive pronoun sig.

Why does the adjective ung have an -e at the end in 'Den unge prins'?

This is a quick refresher on definite adjectives. When you use a standalone definite article like den (the) before an adjective and a noun, the adjective must take the definite -e ending. That is why it is Den unge prins instead of Den ung prins.

I have seen uhyre used to mean 'enormous' or 'extremely'. Is it the same word?

Yes! As a noun, et uhyre means 'a monster' or 'a beast'. But it can also function as an adjective or adverb meaning 'enormous' or 'extremely' (for example, en uhyre stor bil - an extremely big car). In this sentence, the article et tells us it is being used as a noun.