Breakdown of I morgen indretter vi vores eget hjem.
vi
we
vores
our / ours
i morgen
tomorrow
egen
own
indrette
to furnish
hjemmet
the home (personal, emotional)
Questions & Answers about I morgen indretter vi vores eget hjem.
Why is the word eget used here instead of egen?
The emphatic possessive egen (own) must agree with the gender and number of the noun it belongs to. Because hjem is a neuter noun (et hjem), the neuter form eget is required. If the noun were common gender, like bil, it would be vores egen bil.
Adjectives usually get an -e ending after a possessive pronoun. Why doesn't eget?
You are right that possessive pronouns usually trigger the weak adjective ending, as in vores nye hjem. However, egen is a major exception in Danish. It never takes the weak -e ending. Instead, it always takes the strong endings (egen, eget, or egne) based on the noun it describes, even when following a possessive like vores.
Why is the verb indretter placed before the subject vi?
This is a great refresher on the verb-second (V2) rule. Because the sentence begins with the time expression I morgen, the verb must immediately follow it to stay in the second grammatical position. This forces the subject and verb to invert from vi indretter to indretter vi.
The English translation uses the future tense "We will furnish". Why is the Danish verb indretter in the present tense?
In Danish, it is incredibly common to use the present tense for future events as long as the timeline is explicitly clear. Since I morgen establishes that the action happens tomorrow, using the present tense indretter is perfectly natural, and you do not need to add a future marker like vil.
Does indretter just mean to put furniture in a house?
It means a bit more than that. While it translates to "furnish" here, the verb at indrette means to arrange, organize, or decorate a space. It covers the entire process of setting up a home to make it yours, rather than just physically moving furniture inside.
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