Breakdown of Den konstante forstyrrelse gør det svært at multitaske i dag.
det
it (neuter)
den
the (common, before adjective)
at
to
svær
difficult
Questions & Answers about Den konstante forstyrrelse gør det svært at multitaske i dag.
Why is svært in its neuter form (ending in -t) when forstyrrelse is a common-gender (en) noun?
The adjective svært doesn't describe the interruption (forstyrrelsen). It describes the action at the end of the sentence: at multitaske. In Danish, when an adjective describes an infinitive phrase, the phrase is treated as neuter. We use the dummy pronoun det to stand in for the action, which forces the adjective into the neuter -t form: gør det svært (makes it hard).
Is multitaske really a Danish word, and how do I conjugate it?
Yes! Danish frequently adopts English words and applies standard Danish grammar rules to them. It behaves exactly like a regular regular verb: at multitaske (infinitive), multitasker (present), multitaskede (past), and har multitasket (present perfect).
How could I express the idea of 'multitasking' using this lesson's focus phrase, samtidig med at?
If you want to avoid the English loanword, you can use samtidig med at (at the same time as) to describe the simultaneous actions. You could rephrase the end of the sentence to something like: ...gør det svært at gøre én ting, samtidig med at man gør noget andet (...makes it hard to do one thing at the same time as you do something else).
Why is it Den konstante forstyrrelse and not just Den konstant forstyrrelse?