Breakdown of Det var ret køligt i aftes, så jeg sov forbløffende godt.
jeg
I
være
to be
det
it (neuter)
sove
to sleep
god
good
så
then, so
i aftes
last night, yesterday evening
ret
quite
forbløffende
astonishing
kølig
chilly
Questions & Answers about Det var ret køligt i aftes, så jeg sov forbløffende godt.
Why do we use i aftes here instead of i aften or i nat?
i aftes specifically means 'yesterday evening' or 'last night' (referring to the evening that has already passed). i aften means 'this evening' (which is either happening now or in the future). While i nat can mean 'last night' (referring to the deep night when you were asleep), i aftes is used to talk about the previous evening before going to sleep.
Why is the word order så jeg sov and not inverted like så sov jeg?
The word så acts as a coordinating conjunction here (meaning 'so' or 'therefore'), linking two independent main clauses. Because it is a conjunction and not an adverb in this context, it does not trigger the V2 rule (verb-second inversion), so the subject jeg stays before the verb sov.
Why does køligt end in a -t in this sentence?
The adjective describes the dummy pronoun Det ('It'), which is treated as a neuter word. Because adjectives in Danish must agree with the pronoun they describe, the basic common-gender form kølig takes the neuter -t ending.
What kind of word is forbløffende and how is it formed?
It is the present participle of the verb at forbløffe ('to astonish'). Danish present participles always end in -ende (similar to the English '-ing'). In this sentence, it functions as an adverb meaning 'astonishingly' to modify the adverb godt.
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