Breakdown of Venskabet er farligt for broderskabet, ikke også?
være
to be
også
also
ikke
not
farlig
dangerous
for
for (preposition)
broderskabet
the brotherhood
venskabet
the friendship
Questions & Answers about Venskabet er farligt for broderskabet, ikke også?
Why do both abstract nouns end in "-et" here?
The suffix -skab turns nouns and adjectives into abstract concepts, similar to the English suffixes "-ship" or "-hood". In Danish, almost all nouns ending in -skab are neuter (t-words). Because we are saying "the friendship" and "the brotherhood", we add the definite neuter ending -et to get venskabet and broderskabet.
What is the base word for broderskabet, and why is it formed this way?
The base word is broder, which is an older, more formal version of the everyday word bror (brother). When compounding nouns to form a concept, an -s- is frequently added as a linking consonant (bindefuge), which gives us broderskab.
Why does the adjective farligt have a "t" at the end?
It takes a -t because it is describing the neuter noun venskabet. Even though farligt is separated from the noun by the verb er, predicative adjectives in Danish still must agree in gender and number with the subject they describe.
Is ikke også the most natural way to add "right?" to a sentence?
Ikke også is the standard, grammatically complete way to add a tag question like "right?" or "isn't it?". However, in everyday spoken Danish, this phrase is heavily contracted. You will almost always hear native speakers shorten it to just ikke or a quick, clipped ik.
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