Breakdown of Lyset fra solen er meget stærkt.
være
to be
fra
from
solen
the sun
meget
very; much, a lot
stærk
strong / spicy (hot)
lyset
the light
Questions & Answers about Lyset fra solen er meget stærkt.
Why does the adjective stærkt have a -t at the end?
In Danish, adjectives must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because the noun it refers back to is lyset (the light), which is a neuter word (an et-word), you must add a -t to the base adjective stærk.
Why do Lyset and solen have different endings if they both translate to English with 'the'?
Danish attaches the word 'the' to the end of the noun, but the exact ending depends on the noun's gender. Lys is an et-word, so it takes -et to become lyset. Sol is an en-word, so it takes -en to become solen.
I have seen meget used to mean 'much' or 'a lot'. Why does it mean 'very' here?
The word meget does double duty in Danish. When you put it right before an adjective like stærkt, it acts as an intensifier meaning 'very'. When you use it with uncountable nouns or verbs, it translates to 'much' or 'a lot'.
How would the ending of stærkt change if the sentence was about multiple lights?
If we changed the subject to the plural lysene (the lights), the adjective would need the plural ending -e. The word would drop the -t and become stærke, because plural adjectives always end in -e regardless of the noun's original gender.
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