Breakdown of Når den erfarne læge spørger, vil hun ikke skjule lasten mere.
hun
she
lægen
the doctor
ikke
not
den
the (common, before adjective)
spørge
to ask
ville
want to / will
når
when
mere
more / anymore (with a negative)
skjule
to hide
erfaren
experienced
lasten
the vice
Questions & Answers about Når den erfarne læge spørger, vil hun ikke skjule lasten mere.
Why is ikke mere split up in this sentence instead of using ikke længere?
Both mean 'not anymore', but they have different placement rules. ikke længere is usually kept together as a single unit placed in the standard adverb position (e.g., vil hun ikke længere skjule lasten). In contrast, ikke mere is often split, with ikke in the standard position and mere placed at the very end of the clause.
Could we say vil hun ikke mere skjule lasten, keeping the words together?
No, that sounds unnatural in Danish. When using ikke mere with an object like lasten (the vice), mere must go at the end of the clause. If you want the negation and the time element together before the main verb, you must use ikke længere.
Why is the main clause structured as vil hun ikke instead of hun vil ikke?
This is due to the V2 rule, which requires the verb to be the second element in a main clause. The entire subordinate clause (Når den erfarne læge spørger) acts as the first element. Therefore, the finite verb vil must come next, swapping places with the subject hun.
Why does the adjective erfaren change to erfarne here?
Because it is modified by the definite article den, the adjective must take the definite -e ending. A tricky detail about words ending in -en like erfaren is that they drop their own -e- before adding the suffix, making it erfarne rather than erfarene.
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