Word
Hun har revisoren til at tjekke regnskabet og rådgiveren til at hjælpe.
Meaning
She has the auditor to check the accounts and the advisor to help.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Hun har revisoren til at tjekke regnskabet og rådgiveren til at hjælpe.
hun
she
og
and
have
to have
hjælpe
to help
Questions & Answers about Hun har revisoren til at tjekke regnskabet og rådgiveren til at hjælpe.
Why do we use til at tjekke and til at hjælpe instead of just at?
In Danish, when you use have (to have) with an object (like revisoren) to express that someone is assigned a task for you, you must use the preposition til followed by at plus the infinitive. While English often uses a bare verb here ('she has the auditor check'), Danish strictly requires til at for this specific construction.
The English translation says 'the accounts', but isn't regnskabet singular?
Yes, regnskabet is the singular definite form of et regnskab. In Danish, the financial records of a business or person are typically referred to as a single, collective entity. English usually uses the plural 'the accounts' to express this exact same concept.
Why is there no verb after og? Doesn't it need to be og hun har rådgiveren...?
Just like in English, Danish allows you to omit repeated elements in parallel structures. Because the subject and verb hun har (she has) apply equally to both the auditor and the advisor, repeating them is unnecessary and leaving them out sounds much more natural.
Could I use the verb at få here, like Hun får revisoren til at tjekke...?