Breakdown of Er cyklen stadig til salg?
være
to be
cyklen
the bicycle
stadig
still (continuing)
til salg
for sale
Questions & Answers about Er cyklen stadig til salg?
Why is the word for "the bike" spelled cyklen and not cykelen?
The base word is en cykel. In Danish, when a noun ends in -el, -en, or -er, the final e in the root is usually dropped when attaching the definite suffix (the "the" form) to the end of the word. This makes the word easier to pronounce, giving us cyklen instead of cykelen.
Could I use endnu instead of stadig to mean "still" in this sentence?
You should stick with stadig here. While both words relate to time and can translate to "still," stadig is the standard choice for describing an ongoing situation in positive sentences and questions. Endnu is mostly used in negative sentences to mean "yet" (as in ikke endnu meaning "not yet") or to mean "even" before a comparative adjective (as in endnu større meaning "even bigger").
Why does the phrase use til instead of for in til salg?
Prepositions rarely translate exactly one-to-one between English and Danish. While English says "for sale," the fixed Danish expression uses til (which usually means "to"). You will see til used in several similar phrases relating to availability, such as til leje (for rent). It is best to memorize til salg as a single set phrase rather than translating it word by word.
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