Word
Den nye forlystelse i tivoliet er dobbelt så vild som den gamle.
Meaning
The new ride in the amusement park is twice as wild as the old one.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
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Breakdown of Den nye forlystelse i tivoliet er dobbelt så vild som den gamle.
være
to be
i
in
den
the (common, before adjective)
ny
new
Questions & Answers about Den nye forlystelse i tivoliet er dobbelt så vild som den gamle.
How do we construct 'twice as wild as' in this sentence?
In English, we say 'twice as ... as'. In Danish, the structure is dobbelt så followed by the adjective and then som. Notice that the first 'as' is translated as så and the second 'as' is som.
Why is the adjective vild in its basic form when the subject is the definite Den nye forlystelse?
Because vild comes after the verb er, describing the subject. In this position, adjectives only agree with the gender and number of the noun, not whether it is definite. Since en forlystelse is a singular en-word, we use the basic form vild rather than adding an -e.
Where is the word for 'one' in den gamle (the old one)?
Danish does not use a filler word like 'one' in these cases. To say 'the old one', you simply use the definite article den (matching the en-word forlystelse) followed by the definite adjective form gamle. The noun is understood from the context.
Why does tivoliet have the -et ending here?
tivoliet is the definite form of the et-word et tivoli, meaning 'the amusement park'. If it were referring to the famous Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen as a proper name, it would usually just be i Tivoli without the ending. Here, it refers to a specific ordinary amusement park.