Word
Takket være din hjælp gik alt godt.
Meaning
Thanks to your help, everything went well.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Takket være din hjælp gik alt godt.
din
your (singular)
gå
to walk / to go / to go out, to fail (of power)
godt
well (adverb)
alt
everything / all (neuter, before a noun)
Questions & Answers about Takket være din hjælp gik alt godt.
What exactly is the grammar behind the phrase takket være?
It is a fixed expression that translates to "thanks to" or "owing to". Historically, it literally means "thanked be", combining the past participle takket and the infinitive være. You can just treat the whole phrase as a multi-word preposition.
Why does the verb gik come before the subject alt?
This is the V2 (verb-second) rule in action. Because the sentence starts with the adverbial phrase Takket være din hjælp, that entire phrase takes up the first position. The verb gik must immediately follow it in the second position, pushing the subject alt to the third position.
Why is the word for "everything" translated as alt instead of alle?
In Danish, alt (the neuter singular form) is used to mean "everything" as a general, abstract concept. The word alle is the plural form and translates to "everyone" or "all" when referring to specific, countable people or things.
Why does godt have a -t at the end here?
In this sentence, godt acts as an adverb describing how things went (modifying the verb gik). Just like adding "-ly" in English, Danish usually forms an adverb by adding a -t to the adjective god. It translates to "well" in English.