Breakdown of Det her fantastiske fund vil han gerne prutte om.
her
here
han
he
det
it (neuter)
ville
want to / will
gerne
gladly / would like to
fantastisk
fantastic
om
about (concerning)
fundet
the find
prutte
to haggle
Questions & Answers about Det her fantastiske fund vil han gerne prutte om.
Why is om at the very end of the sentence?
The verb phrase here is prutte om (to haggle over). The sentence fronts the prepositional object (det her fantastiske fund) to emphasize what is being haggled over. When you front the object of a preposition in Danish, the preposition itself gets left behind at the end of the clause.
Why does the sentence use vil han instead of han vil?
Because the object (det her fantastiske fund) has been moved to the front, it takes up the first position in the sentence. The Danish V2 rule dictates that the finite verb (vil) must always come second, which forces the subject (han) to invert to the third position.
Why is the noun fund in the indefinite form when it means 'this fantastic find'?
In Danish, whenever you use a separate definite or demonstrative article like det her (this), the adjective takes the definite -e ending (fantastiske), but the noun itself must stay in the base, indefinite form (fund). You cannot add a definite suffix to the noun here.
Doesn't the verb prutte normally mean 'to fart'?
Yes, it does! However, when paired with om, as in at prutte om prisen (to haggle over the price), it is the completely standard and everyday Danish expression for bargaining or haggling.
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