Breakdown of Det nye tastatur er helt trådløst.
være
to be
ny
new
det
the (neuter, before adjective)
tastaturet
the keyboard
Questions & Answers about Det nye tastatur er helt trådløst.
How does the suffix -løs work in trådløst, and why does it have a -t at the end?
The suffix -løs works just like the English suffix '-less', meaning 'without'. Here, it attaches to tråd (wire or thread) to make trådløs (wireless). We add a -t at the end because the adjective must agree with the neuter noun tastatur (an et-word).
Could we use the suffix -fri instead and say trådfrit?
No, that would sound unnatural here. While both -løs and -fri mean 'without', -fri is typically used when you are free from something unwanted, like sukkerfri (sugar-free) or stressfri (stress-free). -løs simply states a neutral absence, and trådløs is the established term for 'wireless' in Danish.
Why is 'completely' translated as helt rather than hel?
Here, 'completely' modifies the adjective trådløst, which makes it an adverb. In Danish, you form an adverb from a standard adjective like hel (whole) by adding a -t. This gives us the adverb helt (completely).
Why do we use nye instead of nyt when tastatur is a neuter noun?