Hun mister ikke viljen.

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Breakdown of Hun mister ikke viljen.

• ikke: not
• miste: to lose
• viljen: the willpower

Questions & Answers about Hun mister ikke viljen.

Why is the word order Hun mister ikke viljen and not Hun ikke mister viljen?

Because in a normal Danish main clause, the finite verb usually comes in second position.

So the structure is:

• Hun = subject
• mister = finite verb
• ikke = negation
• viljen = object

This gives:

• Hun mister ikke viljen.

A useful rule is:

• subject + finite verb + ikke + ...

So Hun ikke mister viljen is not correct as a normal main clause.

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What form of the verb is mister?

Mister is the present tense of the verb at miste, which means to lose.

Examples:

• jeg mister = I lose / I am losing
• hun mister = she loses / she is losing
• de mister = they lose / they are losing

Danish does not change the verb for different persons the way English does. So the same present-tense form is used with all subjects:

• jeg mister
• du mister
• han/hun mister
• vi mister
• I mister
• de mister

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Why is it viljen and not just vilje?