Breakdown of Lejligheden er lille og ydermere meget dyr.
være
to be
og
and
lejligheden
the apartment
dyr
expensive
lille
small
meget
very; much, a lot
ydermere
moreover (formal)
Questions & Answers about Lejligheden er lille og ydermere meget dyr.
Is ydermere interchangeable with desuden here?
Yes, they essentially mean the same thing ('moreover' or 'furthermore') and serve to add extra, often compounding, information. However, ydermere is slightly more formal and emphatic than the everyday word desuden. Using ydermere is an excellent way to demonstrate a wider B2 vocabulary, especially in written Danish.
Why is there no subject or verb after og, and how would the sentence look if I included them?
The sentence omits the subject and verb (den er) because they are identical to the first half, making the sentence flow more naturally. If you wanted to include them, you could use standard word order: og den er ydermere meget dyr. Alternatively, you could put ydermere right after og for emphasis, which triggers the V2 (verb-second) rule: og ydermere er den meget dyr.
Since dyr is so far away from the subject, why doesn't it take a different form like dyrt?
Adjectives always have to agree with the noun they describe, even when separated by conjunctions or adverbs. Because en lejlighed is a common gender noun (an en-word), the adjective stays in its basic form, dyr. If the subject were a neuter et-word, like huset (the house), the adjective would become neuter too: huset er lille og ydermere meget dyrt.
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