Word
Målet med forårsrengøringen er at gøre huset helt rent.
Meaning
The goal with the spring cleaning is to make the house completely clean.
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Breakdown of Målet med forårsrengøringen er at gøre huset helt rent.
være
to be
huset
the house
at
to
ren
clean
Questions & Answers about Målet med forårsrengøringen er at gøre huset helt rent.
Why do we use med in Målet med instead of af for "the goal of"?
In Danish, when talking about the purpose or goal associated with an activity or object, målet med (the goal with) is the standard phrasing. Directly translating "the goal of" into målet af sounds unnatural to a native speaker.
Why is gøre used here for "make" instead of lave?
You use gøre when "make" means causing a change in state or condition, which is almost always followed by an adjective, like rent here. Lave is reserved for physically producing or creating something, like making a meal or building a model.
What is the function of the s in the middle of forårsrengøringen?
It is a linking-s that connects forår (spring) and rengøringen (the cleaning). Danish frequently inserts an s between words in a compound noun to make pronunciation smoother, and it does not necessarily indicate possession.
Why does ren have a -t at the end to become rent?
The adjective must agree with the noun it describes. Because it describes huset, which is a neuter noun (an et-word), the adjective ren takes a -t ending to become rent.
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