Word
Salgsprisen er langtfra perfekt, men vi vil købe det alligevel.
Meaning
The sales price is far from perfect, but we want to buy it anyway.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Salgsprisen er langtfra perfekt, men vi vil købe det alligevel.
være
to be
det
it (neuter)
vi
we
købe
to buy
Questions & Answers about Salgsprisen er langtfra perfekt, men vi vil købe det alligevel.
Is langtfra always written as one word?
No. When used figuratively to mean "not at all" or "far from" (as a strong negation phrase), it is written as one word: langtfra. If you are talking about literal, physical distance (e.g., "We live far from the city"), it is written as two separate words: langt fra.
Why do we use the neuter pronoun det here when salgsprisen is an en word?
The pronoun det doesn't refer back to the price (salgsprisen). Instead, it refers to the unnamed item that the speakers are buying, which must be a neuter (et) noun in this context (like huset - the house, or bordet - the table). You don't buy a price; you buy the item!
Does vi vil købe mean "we will buy" or "we want to buy"?
It means "we want to buy". At this level, it's a good reminder that the Danish modal verb vil primarily expresses desire or intention, not just the future tense. While it looks exactly like the English "will", it translates here to "want to".
Why is there an extra 's' in the middle of Salgsprisen?
This is a connecting 's' (often called a fuge-s). When combining nouns to form a new compound word—in this case, salg (sale) and pris (price)—Danish frequently inserts an 's' to glue them together smoothly.