Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.

Breakdown of Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.

i morgen
tomorrow
komme
to come
så vidt jeg ved
as far as I know
deltageren
the participant

Questions & Answers about Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.

Why does kommer come before deltageren? Shouldn’t it be deltageren kommer?

Normally, yes: in a simple main clause, Danish often has subject + verb:

Deltageren kommer i morgen.
= The participant is coming tomorrow.

But here the sentence begins with Så vidt jeg ved. When something other than the subject comes first in a Danish main clause, the finite verb usually moves to the second position. This is a basic Danish word-order rule, often called V2.

So:

  • Så vidt jeg ved = first element
  • kommer = verb in second position
  • deltageren = subject after the verb

That is why the sentence is:

Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.

What exactly does så vidt jeg ved do in the sentence?

Så vidt jeg ved is a very common expression meaning something like as far as I know.

It tells the listener that the speaker is not claiming absolute certainty. It works as a kind of comment on the whole sentence that follows.

So the structure is roughly:

  • Så vidt jeg ved = speaker’s limitation of knowledge
  • kommer deltageren i morgen = the actual statement

It is a fixed, natural expression in Danish, and learners should treat it as a useful chunk.

What does deltageren mean grammatically, and why does it end in -en?

Deltageren is the definite singular form of deltager.

  • en deltager = a participant
  • deltageren = the participant

In Danish, definiteness is often added as a suffix at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word like English the.

So -en here means the.

This also tells you that the sentence is talking about a specific participant, not just any participant.

Why is kommer in the present tense if the sentence is about tomorrow?

Danish often uses the present tense to talk about the future when the time is clear from context.

Here, i morgen already shows that the action is in the future, so kommer is perfectly natural.

Compare:

  • Han kommer nu. = He is coming now.
  • Han kommer i morgen. = He is coming tomorrow / He will come tomorrow.

English can also do this in some cases, so the idea is not completely foreign.

Is i morgen one word or two?

In standard modern Danish, it is written as two words: i morgen.

So the correct spelling is:

Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.

You may sometimes see older or nonstandard spellings, but for normal modern written Danish, use i morgen.

Is the comma after ved necessary?

Yes, in normal Danish punctuation, the comma is expected here.

Så vidt jeg ved functions as an introductory clause/expression before the main clause:

Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.

Danish comma rules can be a bit tricky, but in a sentence like this, the comma helps separate the introductory part from the main statement.

Can I also say Deltageren kommer i morgen, så vidt jeg ved?

Yes, that is possible.

It means essentially the same thing, but the rhythm and emphasis are a little different.

  • Så vidt jeg ved, kommer deltageren i morgen.
    This starts with the uncertainty marker right away.
  • Deltageren kommer i morgen, så vidt jeg ved.
    This gives the information first, then adds as far as I know.

Both are natural, but the original version is especially common when the speaker wants to be cautious from the beginning.

Can i morgen be moved to the front of the sentence?

Yes. Danish allows quite a lot of movement of sentence elements, but the verb still stays in second position in the main clause.

For example:

I morgen kommer deltageren, så vidt jeg ved.
or
I morgen kommer deltageren.

Notice that when i morgen comes first, the verb kommer still comes before the subject deltageren.

You would not say:

I morgen deltageren kommer
because that breaks the normal main-clause word order.

Is så vidt jeg ved a literal phrase, or should I just learn it as a set expression?

It is best to learn it as a set expression.

You can analyze it word by word, but for most learners, the most useful thing is to remember the whole phrase:

så vidt jeg ved = as far as I know

That will help you produce natural Danish more easily. It is one of those expressions that native speakers use very often, so it is worth memorizing as a chunk.

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