Word
For biavleren er håndteringen af honningen mere kompliceret end som så.
Meaning
For the beekeeper, the handling of the honey is more complicated than one might think.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of For biavleren er håndteringen af honningen mere kompliceret end som så.
være
to be
af
of
så
then, so
mere
more / anymore (with a negative)
Questions & Answers about For biavleren er håndteringen af honningen mere kompliceret end som så.
What does end som så literally mean, and how does it translate to "than one might think"?
Literally, it translates to "than as so" or "than like that". In Danish, it is a fixed idiom added to comparatives to mean "than it appears on the surface" or "than you might expect".
Why do we use mere kompliceret instead of adding a comparative suffix like -ere?
The word kompliceret is a past participle acting as an adjective. Adjectives ending in -et, as well as long multi-syllable adjectives, form their comparatives with mere (more) and superlatives with mest (most), just like in English.
How is the noun biavleren formed?
It is a compound word made of bi (bee) and avler (breeder or grower), plus the common gender definite suffix -en. So, a beekeeper in Danish is literally a "bee breeder".
Why does the verb er come before the subject håndteringen?
This is a refresher on the V2 (verb-second) rule. Because the sentence begins with the prepositional phrase For biavleren, the verb er must take the second slot, inverting the normal subject-verb order.