Breakdown of Chefen fyrede ham i sidste uge.
i
in
chefen
the boss
ham
him
sidste
last
ugen
the week
fyre
to fire (dismiss)
Questions & Answers about Chefen fyrede ham i sidste uge.
Why do we need the preposition i before sidste uge when English just says "last week"?
In Danish, time expressions referring to the previous week or month require the preposition i (i sidste uge, i sidste måned). However, watch out for the exception: "last year" is just sidste år without the i.
Does chefen mean "the cook" here?
No, chef is a false friend for English speakers. In Danish, a chef is a boss, manager, or head of a department. If you want to talk about a professional cook in a restaurant, you would use the word kok, and a head chef is a køkkenchef.
Can the verb at fyre be used for other meanings of "to fire", like firing a weapon?
Yes, it is quite versatile! Just like in English, at fyre means to dismiss someone from a job, but it can also mean to fire a weapon or to stoke a furnace. You will also hear it in common idioms, like at fyre den af, which means to party hard or give it your all.
If I want to emphasize that it happened last week by starting with i sidste uge, how does the word order change?
Because Danish is a V2 language (the verb must be the second main element in a declarative main clause), moving the time expression to the front forces the subject to move after the verb. The sentence becomes: I sidste uge fyrede chefen ham.
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