Breakdown of Min bror har været single i to år.
være
to be
i
in
have
to have
to
two
året
the year
min
my
broren
the brother
single
single (not in a relationship)
Questions & Answers about Min bror har været single i to år.
Why is the preposition i used to mean "for" in i to år?
In Danish, when you talk about how long a state or action lasts, you use i instead of a direct translation of "for". If you used for to år, a Dane would expect you to finish the phrase with siden, meaning "two years ago" (for to år siden).
Why doesn't the word år have a plural ending after to?
The word år is a neuter noun (an et word) with only one syllable. In Danish, short neuter nouns like this usually do not take a plural ending when they are indefinite. So it stays the same: et år (one year) and to år (two years).
The word single is an English loanword. Does it change if the subject is plural?
Yes! Even though it is borrowed from English, it is often treated as a regular Danish noun. If you were talking about multiple brothers, you would add the Danish plural ending -r to make it singler, as in Mine brødre har været singler.
Is bror the full word for "brother"? I sometimes see broder.
Bror is the standard, everyday word for "brother" in modern Danish. Broder is an older, more formal version of the word that you will mostly see in fixed expressions, historical texts, or when referring to a member of a brotherhood.
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