Breakdown of Hvad er din mening om det nye forslag?
være
to be
hvad
what
ny
new
det
the (neuter, before adjective)
Questions & Answers about Hvad er din mening om det nye forslag?
Why do we use the preposition om here instead of translating the English word of directly?
In Danish, when you express an opinion about or on something, the standard phrase is en mening om something. English often uses opinion of, but translating that directly to af would sound very unnatural in Danish.
Why is the adjective nye used here instead of nyt, since forslag is a neuter word?
This happens because of the definite article det (the). In Danish, whenever an adjective comes between a definite article and a noun, it must take its definite form, which almost always ends in -e. So even though et forslag is a singular neuter noun, the adjective nyt becomes nye.
Is the word forslag neuter or common gender, and how would it look in the plural?
Forslag is a neuter noun (et forslag). A tricky thing about many neuter nouns ending in a consonant is that they do not change form in the indefinite plural. So while the singular is det nye forslag, the plural the new proposals would simply be de nye forslag.
Could I use synspunkt instead of mening in this sentence?