Breakdown of Vi har lavet en lille ændring i planen.
en
a / an (common)
vi
we
i
in
have
to have
lave
to make; to do (an activity)
lille
small
planen
the plan
ændringen
the change (an alteration)
Questions & Answers about Vi har lavet en lille ændring i planen.
Why does the sentence use i instead of til for "to the plan"?
In Danish, when you make a change, adjustment, or correction to something, you typically use the preposition i. So "a change to the plan" becomes en ændring i planen. Using til here would sound unnatural to a Dane.
Why use lavet instead of gjort for "made" here?
At lave is usually used when producing, creating, or preparing a specific result, like en ændring (a change). At gøre is generally used for abstract actions, fixed expressions, or doing something to someone. Since a change is a specific outcome being created, lave is the correct choice.
Is there a reliable way to remember the gender of ændring?
Yes! Nouns that end in the suffix -ing are formed from verbs (here, at ændre means to change). These -ing nouns are almost always common gender, meaning they take en.
Why is it lille and not an inflected form if adjectives usually change?
The adjective lille (small) is highly irregular. It never takes a -t ending, so it remains lille for both en and et words in the singular. It only changes form when plural, where it becomes små.
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