Breakdown of Vi finder det nødvendigt at udbygningen af infrastrukturen begynder nu.
det
it (neuter)
vi
we
nu
now
finde
to find
begynde
to begin
at
that
af
of
nødvendig
necessary
udbygningen
the expansion
infrastrukturen
the infrastructure
Questions & Answers about Vi finder det nødvendigt at udbygningen af infrastrukturen begynder nu.
Why do we need the word det before nødvendigt?
The word det acts as an anticipatory object (a placeholder). Danish requires this placeholder when the actual object of a verb like finder is an entire at-clause and there is an adjective describing it. You cannot just skip the pronoun as you might in some other languages.
Why is the adjective spelled nødvendigt with a t, when udbygningen is an en-word?
The adjective must agree grammatically with the placeholder object det, which is a neuter pronoun (a t-word). Therefore, the adjective takes the neuter -t ending, regardless of the gender of the nouns inside the actual at-clause.
Is it grammatically correct to write this sentence without a comma before at?
Yes. Danish has two official comma systems: one with start commas before subordinate clauses, and one without. This sentence uses the system without start commas. If you prefer the other rules, you would place a comma right before at. Both are perfectly fine to use, as long as you are consistent in your writing.
How is the noun udbygningen formed?
It is built from the verb at udbygge (to expand or develop). Adding the suffix -ning turns it into the noun udbygning (expansion), and adding -en at the end makes it the definite form (the expansion).
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