Breakdown of Vores kendskab til kulturen er ikke særlig stort.
være
to be
ikke
not
stor
big
vores
our / ours
Questions & Answers about Vores kendskab til kulturen er ikke særlig stort.
Why do we use til after kendskab instead of translating "of" directly with af?
Abstract nouns related to familiarity or awareness almost always take til in Danish. This mirrors the verb phrase at kende til (to know about or know of). If you used af here, it would sound like the culture itself possesses the knowledge, rather than being the subject you are familiar with.
What is the difference between having kendskab til and viden om a culture?
Kendskab til implies a general familiarity, awareness, or personal acquaintance with something. Viden om translates more directly to factual, concrete knowledge. In this sentence, the speakers are saying they aren't very familiar with the culture, rather than saying they lack academic facts about it.
Why does the adjective stor end with a -t as stort at the end of this sentence?
The adjective describes the subject of the sentence, kendskab. Because kendskab is an et-word (et kendskab), the adjective must take the neuter -t ending to agree with it, even though the two words are separated by the rest of the sentence.
Since særlig acts as an adverb modifying stort, shouldn't it be spelled særligt?