Breakdown of Udvalget mødes en gang hver måned.
en gang
once
måneden
the month
mødes
to meet (each other)
hver
each, every
udvalget
the committee
Questions & Answers about Udvalget mødes en gang hver måned.
Why does the verb mødes end in an -s? Isn't that the passive form?
While the -s ending is often used for the passive voice in Danish, here it makes the verb reciprocal. Mødes means to meet each other. A small group of Danish verbs, like mødes (to meet) and ses (to see each other), always use this -s form to show that multiple people are doing the action together.
Is udvalget a singular or plural noun here, given that people are meeting each other?
Udvalget is a singular neuter noun (from et udvalg). Even though it refers to a group of people, Danish treats it grammatically as a single unit. The reciprocal verb mødes makes logical sense because a committee inherently consists of multiple members who can interact with one another.
Why is en gang written as two words instead of the single word engang?
When written as two words, en gang literally means one time or once, which is used for counting occurrences. The single compound word engang has a different meaning: it refers to an unspecified time in the past or future, such as once upon a time or someday.
Why do we use hver instead of hvert before måned?
The word for every must agree with the gender of the noun it modifies. Because måned is a common-gender noun (en måned), it takes hver. If the noun were neuter, such as år (year), you would use hvert instead, as in hvert år.
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