Indboet er vådt.

Because Danish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front like English the.

• et indbo = an item/set of household contents
• indboet = the contents / the furnishings

The ending -et is the usual definite ending for a neuter noun.

You learn that from the dictionary form: et indbo. In Danish, nouns are either common gender or neuter.

• en
  • noun = common gender
• et
  • noun = neuter

Since the basic form is et indbo, the noun is neuter. That matters because adjectives agree with it, which is why the sentence uses vådt.

Er is the present tense of at være (to be). It works like English is / am / are, but Danish uses the same present-tense form for all persons:

• jeg er
• du er
• han/hun/det er
• vi er
• de er

Here, er links the subject indboet to the adjective vådt.

Because våd changes form to match the noun it describes. With a singular neuter noun, the adjective normally takes -t.

So:

• våd = common gender singular
• vådt = neuter singular
• våde = plural

Since indboet is neuter singular, the correct form is vådt.

Use them like this:

• våd with a common gender singular noun
  
  • Sofaen er våd.
• vådt with a neuter singular noun
  
  • Gulvet er vådt.
  • Indboet er vådt.
• våde with a plural noun
  
  • Møblerne er våde.

This kind of agreement also happens when the adjective comes after er, not only before the noun.

Because indbo is a collective noun. English often uses a plural idea such as contents or belongings, but Danish packages that idea into one singular noun.

So Danish says:

• Indboet er vådt.

not a plural verb/adjective form.

The letter å is a normal Danish letter. Its sound is often roughly similar to the vowel in English law or thought (depending on your accent).

So vådt starts with a sound something like vaw-. Also, the written d in Danish is often much softer than an English d, and in a word like vådt you should not try to pronounce it as a strong separate d+t sequence.

To make it negative, put ikke after the verb:

• Indboet er ikke vådt. = The contents are not wet.

To make it a yes/no question, switch the verb and subject:

• Er indboet vådt? = Is the contents/furnishings wet?

This is a very common Danish pattern.

Usually it means the household contents as a whole: furniture, household items, and other belongings inside the home. So it is often broader than just furniture.

If you only mean furniture, Danish might use a more specific word such as møbler.