Word
Til daglig arbejder hun på et kontor.
Meaning
Day to day, she works in an office.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Til daglig arbejder hun på et kontor.
hun
she
et
a / an (neuter)
arbejde
to work
kontoret
the office
Questions & Answers about Til daglig arbejder hun på et kontor.
Why is the word order arbejder hun instead of hun arbejder?
Danish uses the verb-second (V2) rule. Because this sentence starts with the adverbial phrase Til daglig, the verb arbejder must be the second element. This forces the subject hun to move right after the verb.
Why do we use the preposition på instead of i for working in an office?
Workplaces in Danish often take the preposition på (on) rather than i (in). You work på et kontor (in an office), på en fabrik (in a factory), or på et hospital (in a hospital), because Danish treats these as institutions or specific functions rather than just enclosed physical boxes.
What exactly does Til daglig mean, and why doesn't it end with a -t?
Til daglig is a fixed phrase meaning on a daily basis, day-to-day, or normally. Even though it functions like an adverb, it stems from an older grammatical structure, which is why it doesn't take the typical -t adverb ending you might expect.