Breakdown of Bortset fra bordplanen er alting klart.
være
to be
klar
ready
alting
everything
bortset fra
apart from
bordplanen
the seating plan
Questions & Answers about Bortset fra bordplanen er alting klart.
Why is bortset fra used here instead of undtagen?
Both mean 'except' or 'apart from', but bortset fra is often used when setting a factor aside from a general situation (apart from the seating plan, the rest of the event is ready). Undtagen is typically used to subtract a specific item from a direct group (everyone is here except Peter). However, they are highly interchangeable, and undtagen bordplanen would also be perfectly natural here.
Why is the verb er placed before the subject alting?
This is a classic example of the V2 (verb-second) rule. Because the sentence begins with the prepositional phrase Bortset fra bordplanen, that entire phrase takes up the first position. The verb er must come second, which pushes the subject alting into the third position.
Why does klart have a -t ending?
The adjective klar (ready) describes the pronoun alting (everything). In Danish, alting functions as a neuter singular pronoun, so any adjective describing it must take the matching neuter -t ending.
How do we know the gender of a compound word like bordplanen?
Compound nouns always take the gender of their final word. While bord is neuter (et bord), plan is common gender (en plan). Therefore, the combined word is common gender, making the definite form bordplanen (the seating plan).
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