Breakdown of Opvarmningen af huset koster mange penge om vinteren.
huset
the house
mange
many
af
of
pengene
the money
koste
to cost
om
in, at (with times of day)
vinteren
the winter
opvarmningen
the warming (of the planet); the heating
Questions & Answers about Opvarmningen af huset koster mange penge om vinteren.
Why do we use mange instead of meget before penge?
In English, "money" is an uncountable, singular noun. In Danish, penge is a plural noun. Because it is plural, you must count it using the plural word mange (many) rather than the uncountable meget (much).
Why does the sentence use om vinteren to mean "in the winter"?
In Danish, the preposition om followed by a definite season (like vinteren) indicates a recurring event or a general truth, meaning "in the winter" generally. By contrast, i vinter specifically means "this past winter", and til vinter means "this coming winter".
Could I say husets opvarmning instead of opvarmningen af huset?
Yes, you could use the possessive form husets opvarmning, but opvarmningen af huset is usually more natural here. When an action is being done to an object, Danish frequently uses af (of), whereas the -s ending is more strongly associated with actual ownership.
If I start the sentence with om vinteren for emphasis, how does the word order change?
Because of the V2 rule (where the conjugated verb must be the second grammatical element in a main clause), the verb and subject must swap places. The sentence would become: Om vinteren koster opvarmningen af huset mange penge.
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