Han kan bevise det.

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Breakdown of Han kan bevise det.

• kan: can (present tense)
• han: he
• bevise: to prove

Questions & Answers about Han kan bevise det.

Why is there no word for to before bevise?

Because kan is a modal verb, like can in English. After a modal verb in Danish, the next verb stays in the infinitive without at.

So:

• han kan bevise det = he can prove it
• not han kan at bevise det

This is similar to English:

• he can prove it
• not he can to prove it

What does each word do in the sentence?

Here is the role of each word:

• Han = subject pronoun, meaning he
• kan = modal verb, meaning can / is able to
• bevise = main verb in the infinitive, meaning prove
• det = object pronoun, meaning it or sometimes that, depending on context

So the structure is:

• subject + modal verb + main verb + object

Why is kan in the second position?

Danish main clauses usually follow the V2 rule, which means the finite verb must be in the second position.

In this sentence:

• Han = first element
• kan = finite verb, so it comes second

That gives:

• Han kan bevise det

This is the normal word order for a simple statement.

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