Word
Mit horoskop siger at mit stjernetegn har et rigt indre liv.
Meaning
My horoscope says that my star sign has a rich inner life.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Mit horoskop siger at mit stjernetegn har et rigt indre liv.
et
a / an (neuter)
have
to have
sige
to say
min
my
Questions & Answers about Mit horoskop siger at mit stjernetegn har et rigt indre liv.
Why doesn't indre have a -t at the end to match the neuter noun liv?
Indre is an adjective that ends in an unstressed -e. In Danish, adjectives with this ending are invariable, meaning they never change form. Even though liv is a neuter noun and normally requires a -t ending on adjectives, indre stays exactly the same.
Why does rigt get a -t but indre doesn't, when they both describe the same noun?
Rig is a standard adjective, so it follows the normal rule of adding a -t to agree with the neuter noun liv. Indre, as an invariable adjective ending in an unstressed -e, overrides this rule and takes no endings at all, even when placed right next to a regular adjective like rigt.
How can we tell the gender of the compound word stjernetegn just by looking at this sentence?
You can tell it is a neuter noun because it is preceded by the neuter possessive pronoun mit. Like all compound words in Danish, stjernetegn (star sign) takes its gender from its final part, tegn (sign), which is neuter.
Is the word order normal in the clause at mit stjernetegn har et rigt indre liv?