Questions & Answers about Hun er gravid.
How do you pronounce Hun er gravid?
A rough English-friendly approximation is hoon air gra-VEEth.
A few useful notes:
- hun = the vowel is not exactly like English oo, but hoon is a decent approximation.
- er is often pronounced very lightly in normal speech, sometimes almost like a short uh/air.
- gravid has the stress on the last syllable: gra-VID.
- The final d in Danish is often a soft d, somewhat like the th in this, but usually weaker.
So in natural speech, the whole sentence can sound quite smooth and reduced.
Why is it hun and not hende?
Because hun is the subject form of she.
In Hun er gravid, hun is the person doing or being something, so Danish uses hun.
Compare:
- Hun er gravid. = She is pregnant.
- Jeg ser hende. = I see her.
So:
- hun = she
- hende = her
What is er?
er is the present tense of at være, which means to be.
So:
- jeg er = I am
- du er = you are
- han er = he is
- hun er = she is
- vi er = we are
- de er = they are
Unlike English, Danish does not change the present-tense form of to be depending on the subject. It is always er in the present.
What kind of word is gravid?
Gravid is an adjective. It describes the subject.
In this sentence, it comes after er, so it works like a predicate adjective:
- Hun er gravid. = She is pregnant.
This is similar to English:
- She is happy.
- She is tired.
- She is pregnant.
In all of these, the adjective comes after to be.
Does gravid ever change form?
Yes, it can.
In Hun er gravid, you use the basic form gravid because the subject is singular and common gender.
You may also see:
- De er gravide. = They are pregnant.
- en gravid kvinde = a pregnant woman
- de gravide kvinder = the pregnant women
So the word can change, but in this exact sentence gravid is the correct form.
Why is the word order Hun er gravid?
Because this is the normal word order for a simple Danish statement:
subject + verb + complement
So:
- Hun = subject
- er = verb
- gravid = complement/adjective
This is the standard pattern in a basic main clause.
It also matches English quite closely here:
- She is pregnant.
How would I turn this into a question?
You usually make a yes/no question by putting the verb first:
- Er hun gravid? = Is she pregnant?
So the word order changes from:
- Hun er gravid.
to:
- Er hun gravid?
This verb-before-subject pattern is very common in Danish questions.
How would I say She is not pregnant?
You say:
Hun er ikke gravid.
Here ikke means not.
The usual position is after the verb:
- Hun er ikke gravid.
So the pattern is:
subject + verb + ikke + adjective
Why is there no article before gravid?
Because gravid is an adjective after er, not a noun.
You would not say She is a pregnant in English, and Danish works the same way:
- Hun er gravid.
But if you use a noun, then you may need an article:
- Hun er en gravid kvinde. = She is a pregnant woman.
So in your sentence, no article is needed because gravid is just describing hun.
Do Danish capitalization rules matter here?
Yes, but this sentence is straightforward.
- Hun is capitalized because it is the first word of the sentence.
- er and gravid are lowercase because they are not proper nouns.
So Hun er gravid. is written correctly.
Unlike German, Danish does not capitalize all nouns.
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