Hun kan endda huske navnet.

she

Breakdown of Hun kan endda huske navnet.

• kan: can (present tense)
• huske: to remember
• navnet: the name

Questions & Answers about Hun kan endda huske navnet.

What does each word do in Hun kan endda huske navnet?

A word-by-word breakdown:

• Hun = she
• kan = can / is able to
• endda = even
• huske = remember
• navnet = the name

So grammatically, it is:

• Hun = subject
• kan = finite verb
• endda = adverb
• huske = main verb in the infinitive
• navnet = direct object

Why is there no at before huske?

Because after a modal verb like kan, Danish normally uses the bare infinitive.

So you say:

• Hun kan huske navnet.

not:

• Hun kan at huske navnet.

This is very similar to English:

• She can remember the name.
• not She can to remember the name.

Other common modal verbs that work the same way are:

• vil = will / want to
• skal = must / will
• må = may / must
• bør = ought to

Why is the word order Hun kan endda huske navnet?