Breakdown of Han drømmer om at rejse til fjerne lande.
han
he
landet
the country
at
to
rejse
to travel / to leave, to depart
til
to (preposition) / for (purpose) / at (an event or occasion) / at (good at something)
om
about (concerning)
drømme
to dream
fjern
distant, far-off
Questions & Answers about Han drømmer om at rejse til fjerne lande.
Why do we say om at rejse instead of using an '-ing' word for 'traveling'?
In English, we use an '-ing' word (gerund) after a preposition, like 'of traveling'. Danish doesn't do this. Instead, you use the preposition followed by at plus the infinitive verb. So, 'dreams of traveling' becomes drømmer om at rejse.
Why is there an '-e' at the end of fjerne?
Adjectives in Danish must agree with the noun they describe. Because lande (countries) is a plural noun, the adjective takes the plural '-e' ending, changing the base word fjern (distant) to fjerne.
How do we form the plural lande from its singular?
The singular is et land. While many Danish nouns take '-er' to become plural, short neuter words often just take an '-e'. So, land becomes lande.
Could we use i instead of til before fjerne lande?
You need to use til here because it shows motion towards a destination. If you said rejse i fjerne lande, it would mean he is already inside those distant countries, traveling around within their borders.
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