Breakdown of Fejekosten du købte, står i køkkenet.
du
you
i
in
købe
to buy
stå
to stand
køkkenet
the kitchen
fejekosten
the broom
Questions & Answers about Fejekosten du købte, står i køkkenet.
Why is there no word for 'that' or 'which' after Fejekosten?
Just like in English ('The broom you bought'), you can drop the relative pronoun som in Danish when it is the object of the relative clause. It is completely correct to say Fejekosten, som du købte, but dropping it is very common and natural.
Why is there a comma after købte? In English, it feels wrong to separate the subject and the verb.
Danish comma rules are much stricter about subordinate clauses. The phrase du købte is a relative clause. Under the traditional Danish comma system, you must place a comma at the end of a subordinate clause, even if it separates the entire main subject (Fejekosten du købte) from its verb (står).
Could I use er instead of står here?
While er (is) would be understood, Danish strongly prefers using positional verbs like stå (to stand), ligge (to lie), or sidde (to sit) to describe the location of physical objects. Because a broom naturally rests upright, står is the correct choice. Using er sounds unnatural to a native speaker.
Does kost always mean 'broom'?
Kost can mean 'broom' or 'brush' (like en malerkost for paintbrush). However, kost is also the Danish word for 'diet' or 'food' (as in sund kost for healthy diet). Here, the prefix feje- (from at feje, meaning to sweep) makes it perfectly clear that we mean a sweeping broom.
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