Breakdown of Antallet af turister faldt fra tre til to millioner.
fra
from
to
two
tre
three
til
to (preposition) / for (purpose) / at (an event or occasion) / at (good at something)
af
of
falde
to fall
turisten
the tourist
millionen
the million
antallet
the number (quantity, count)
Questions & Answers about Antallet af turister faldt fra tre til to millioner.
Why is millioner in the plural form here, when in English we usually say "two million"?
In Danish, large numbers like million and milliard (billion) function as regular nouns. Because there are two of them, you must use the plural suffix, making it to millioner.
Why do we use antallet af instead of mængden af?
Antal (number) is strictly used for countable nouns, such as turister (tourists). If you were talking about an uncountable noun, like vand (water) or tid (time), you would use mængden (the amount).
Is it grammatically correct to leave out the word millioner after tre?
Yes, Danish allows you to drop the repeated noun in a range, exactly like in English. The phrase implies fra tre millioner til to millioner, but leaving the first one out sounds much more natural.
Why is antallet definite but turister is indefinite?
You are referring to the specific number (antallet), but you are talking about tourists as a general category (turister). If you wrote turisterne, it would mean the number of a specific, previously mentioned group of tourists.
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