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