Breakdown of Hun er vant til at arbejde om natten.
hun
she
arbejde
to work
at
to
om
in, at (with times of day)
natten
the night
være vant til
to be used to
Questions & Answers about Hun er vant til at arbejde om natten.
Why do we use the infinitive at arbejde here when the English translation uses the word "working"?
In English, we say "used to working," using an "-ing" verb after the preposition. Danish does not have an exact equivalent to this "-ing" form. Instead, after prepositions like til, Danish uses the infinitive form of the verb, which is at arbejde (to work).
Could I use the verb plejer here instead of er vant til?
Not if you want to keep the exact meaning. At pleje means "to usually do" something as a routine habit. At være vant til specifically means "to be accustomed to" something, meaning she is adapted to night shifts and they no longer feel unusual or difficult to her.
Why is the preposition om used in om natten?
In Danish time expressions, the preposition om is used to describe something that happens generally or repeatedly during a certain part of the day, week, or year. Here, it shows she works during nighttime hours in general, not just on one specific night.
Why does natten have the definite ending -en instead of just being nat?
When you use om to talk about a recurring time of day or season, Danish grammar requires the noun to be in the definite form. This is a fixed pattern, which is why you see om natten (at night), om morgenen (in the morning), and om sommeren (in the summer).
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