Breakdown of Arbejdsmarkedet ændrer sig i takt med at vi automatiserer mere og mere.
og
and
vi
we
mere
more / anymore (with a negative)
sig
oneself / himself / herself / themselves
ændre
to change
arbejdsmarkedet
the labor market
i takt med at
as (parallel development)
automatisere
to automate
Questions & Answers about Arbejdsmarkedet ændrer sig i takt med at vi automatiserer mere og mere.
Why use i takt med at instead of just mens (while) or når (when)?
The phrase i takt med at specifically describes a parallel development or proportionality. It literally translates to "in time/step with that." While mens just tells us two things are happening simultaneously, i takt med at highlights that the labor market's transformation is moving in tandem with the increasing scale of our automation.
Why does the verb ændrer have sig after it here?
In Danish, the verb at ændre is transitive, meaning it needs an object. If someone changes something else, you just use that object (like "we change the rules"). However, when a subject undergoes a change itself, as the labor market does here, the verb becomes reflexive. Because arbejdsmarkedet is third-person, we use the reflexive pronoun sig.
Does i takt med at trigger a specific word order in the second half of the sentence?
Yes, the entire phrase acts as a subordinating conjunction, meaning it introduces a subordinate clause. In a Danish subordinate clause, the subject comes first, so we see vi automatiserer. If we added a central adverb like ofte (often), it would have to go between the subject and the verb: vi ofte automatiserer.
What is the function of the s in the middle of arbejdsmarkedet?
It is a binding letter (sometimes called a fuge-s) used to glue the two nouns arbejde (work) and markedet (the market) together. This is extremely common when forming compound nouns in Danish and historically relates to the genitive (possessive) case.
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