Breakdown of Mon ikke blinddaten bliver lidt akavet?
ikke
not
blive
to stay / to become
lidt
a little, a bit
mon
I wonder if
blinddaten
the blind date
akavet
awkward
Questions & Answers about Mon ikke blinddaten bliver lidt akavet?
Why is the word order blinddaten bliver and not inverted as bliver blinddaten since this is a question?
Even though the sentence ends with a question mark, mon ikke is followed by a declarative main clause, meaning it uses normal subject-verb word order. You can think of mon ikke as a fixed phrase meaning 'surely' or 'I bet', which leaves the rest of the sentence in straight word order: blinddaten (subject) then bliver (verb).
Does mon ikke always translate to 'don't you think'?
Not exactly word-for-word, but it captures the same feeling. Mon ikke expresses a confident assumption where you expect the listener to agree. Depending on the context, you could also translate it as 'I bet', 'probably', or 'surely'. It softens a confident prediction into a shared assumption.
Why use bliver here instead of vil være or er for 'will be'?
While vil være (will be) is grammatically possible, bliver (which literally means 'becomes') is the most natural and common way in Danish to describe a future state, event, or situation that is about to unfold. It sounds much more native than translating 'will be' directly with vil være.
The word blinddaten is an English loanword. How do noun genders and suffixes work for these?
Danish typically assigns the common gender to English loanwords. Because it is an en-word, 'blind date' takes the standard -en definite suffix to become blinddaten (the blind date). Once borrowed, these words usually follow normal Danish grammar and spelling rules for their endings.
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