Breakdown of Frakken får en længde på præcis halvfems centimeter.
en
a / an (common)
frakken
the coat
halvfems
ninety
præcis
exactly
få
to get, to receive / to have (children)
centimeteren
the centimeter
på
of (a measurement or amount)
længden
the length
Questions & Answers about Frakken får en længde på præcis halvfems centimeter.
Why do we use på here instead of af to mean "of"?
In Danish, when stating a specific measurement, age, or amount as an attribute of a noun, you must use the preposition på. While English says "a length of", Danish says en længde på. Translating "of" directly to af in this context is a common learner mistake but is grammatically incorrect in Danish.
Why does the sentence use the present tense får rather than a future tense like vil få?
In Danish, the simple present tense is frequently used to express a planned future outcome or a resulting state. If you are tailoring or designing a coat, saying frakken får is the most natural, idiomatic way to say "the coat will have" or "the coat is going to end up with".
Why doesn't the word centimeter have a plural ending after the number halvfems?
Many standard units of measurement, weight, and currency in Danish do not take a plural suffix. You use the exact same word form for a single unit (en centimeter) as you do for ninety units (halvfems centimeter).
Why doesn't præcis get a t-ending here?
Here, præcis functions as an adverb modifying the number halvfems, meaning "exactly ninety". Because it is an adverb and not an adjective describing a neuter noun, it keeps its base form.
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