Breakdown of Hvem skal arrangere jubilæet for vores gamle klasse?
hvem
who
gammel
old
vores
our / ours
skulle
to have to / must / to be going to
Questions & Answers about Hvem skal arrangere jubilæet for vores gamle klasse?
If I wanted to add 'by the way' to this sentence, where would i øvrigt or for resten go?
Because this is a main clause question where the question word Hvem acts as the subject, a sentence adverb goes immediately after the finite verb skal. You would say: Hvem skal i øvrigt arrangere jubilæet for vores gamle klasse? You could also place for resten at the very beginning of the sentence as a conversational opener.
Why is the definite form of jubilæum written as jubilæet?
Nouns ending in -um of Latin origin, like et jubilæum (an anniversary) or et museum (a museum), drop the -um before adding the definite suffix -et. Therefore, it becomes jubilæet, not jubilæumet.
Why is it gamle klasse instead of gammel klasse if the class is singular?
Possessive pronouns like vores (our) act like definite articles. When an adjective follows a possessive pronoun, it must take the definite ending, which is usually -e. So even though en klasse is singular, vores forces gammel to become gamle. Note that gammel is also slightly irregular and drops one m before adding the -e.
Why do we use skal here instead of vil for the future tense 'is going to'?