Word
Han bliver begravet på fredag.
Meaning
He will be buried on Friday.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Han bliver begravet på fredag.
han
he
på
on / at / in (a language) / of (after nouns like end or start)
fredag
Friday
blive
to be (passive auxiliary)
Questions & Answers about Han bliver begravet på fredag.
Why use bliver begravet instead of the s-passive begraves?
The blive-passive is used for specific, single actions or events happening at a concrete time (like a funeral this Friday). The s-passive is more commonly used for general rules, instructions, or repeated actions.
Does på fredag refer to Fridays in general?
No, på fredag specifically means this coming Friday or next Friday in the future. If you were talking about an event that happened last Friday, you would have to use i fredags.
The verb bliver is in the present tense, but the English translation says will be. Why?
Danish frequently uses the present tense to express the future as long as there is a clear time marker in the sentence. Here, the time marker på fredag makes it obvious that the burial is happening in the future, so you do not need a separate future helping verb like vil.
What form of the verb is begravet here?
It is the past participle of the verb at begrave (to bury). When forming the passive with blive, you use the past participle of the main verb, which is very similar to how passive sentences are constructed in English.