Word
Der er kun få kunder i butikken i dag.
Meaning
There are only a few customers in the shop today.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Breakdown of Der er kun få kunder i butikken i dag.
i
in
butikken
the shop
i dag
today
der er
there is, there are
Questions & Answers about Der er kun få kunder i butikken i dag.
Why do we use få here instead of lidt?
Få means few and is used with countable nouns, like kunder (customers). Lidt means a little and is used with uncountable nouns, like water or time. Since you can count customers, you must use få.
Why does butikken have a double K?
The basic word for shop is butik. When we add the definite ending -en to make it the shop, the final consonant is doubled to keep the vowel sound short. So it becomes butikken.
Is Der er always used for There are, even with plural nouns like customers?
Yes! Unlike English, which changes between there is and there are, Danish keeps it simple. You use Der er for both singular and plural nouns.
Why is today written as two separate words (i dag)?
In Danish, many time expressions are formed with the preposition i followed by the noun, written as two separate words. You will also see this in i morgen (tomorrow) and i går (yesterday).