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Learn Hardcore Danish: Vi støtter vores venner. - We support our friends.

Hardcore Danish
/Having an eye test and choosing glasses
/Vi støtter vores venner.

Vi støtter vores venner.

Word

Vi støtter vores venner.

Meaning

We support our friends.

Part of speech

sentence

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Danish

Lesson

Having an eye test and choosing glasses

Breakdown of Vi støtter vores venner.

Questions & Answers about Vi støtter vores venner.

Why is the verb støtter ending in -er?

Because støtter is the present tense of the verb at støtte (to support).

In Danish, verbs do not change for different persons the way they do in English. So:

jeg støtter = I support
du støtter = you support
vi støtter = we support

The same present-tense form is used with all subjects.

What is the basic word order in Vi støtter vores venner?

The sentence follows the normal Danish main-clause pattern:

Subject + Verb + Object

So here:

Vi = subject
støtter = verb
vores venner = object

This is very similar to English We support our friends.

Also remember that Danish main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule, meaning the finite verb tends to come in the second position. In this sentence, the subject is first, so the verb naturally comes second.

Why is it vores for our?

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Vores is the normal modern Danish possessive determiner meaning our.

Examples:

vores ven = our friend
vores venner = our friends
vores hus = our house

A useful thing for learners is that vores does not change for gender or number in everyday Danish. It works with singular and plural nouns.

You may also see older or more formal forms like vor, vort, and vore, but vores is the standard form you should learn first.

Why is there no word for the before vores venner?

Because in Danish, a possessive like vores usually takes the place of an article.

So you say:

vores venner = our friends

not something like de vores venner.

This is similar to English: we say our friends, not the our friends.

Why is it venner and not ven?

Because venner is the plural form of ven (friend).

Here are the main forms:

en ven = a friend
vennen = the friend
venner = friends
vennerne = the friends

So vores venner means our friends, with friends in the plural.

Is venner definite or indefinite here?

It is grammatically part of a phrase with a possessive, so you can think of it as our friends rather than trying to match it exactly to English definite/indefinite labels.

The important point is:

venner by itself = friends
vores venner = our friends

When Danish uses a possessive like vores, the noun normally appears without the separate definite ending.

How do you pronounce støtter?

A rough learner-friendly pronunciation is something like STUR-ter or STUH-ter, but the Danish ø sound does not exist naturally in English, so it takes practice.

A few tips:

stø- has the Danish ø vowel, somewhat like the vowel in French peur or German schön, but not exactly.
The tt does not sound strongly doubled the way it might in spelling.
The final -er is usually a light Danish ending, not a fully pronounced English-style er.

If you are learning pronunciation, the hardest part here is usually the vowel ø.

How do you pronounce vores?

In careful speech, vores is often roughly like VO-rehs or VOR-es, but in everyday speech it can be reduced quite a bit.

A few things to notice:

The first syllable is stressed.
The o is not exactly like English oh.
The ending may sound weaker than an English speaker expects.

As with many common Danish words, the spoken form may sound shorter and softer than the spelling suggests.

Can vi ever be omitted, like in some other languages?

No, normally Danish requires the subject to be stated, just like English.

So you say:

Vi støtter vores venner.

You would not normally drop vi and just say Støtter vores venner to mean We support our friends.

Would the sentence change if I started with a time word, like today?

Yes. Danish main clauses follow the verb-second rule, so if something else comes first, the verb still stays in second position.

For example:

I dag støtter vi vores venner. = Today we support our friends.

Notice that vi moves after the verb:

not I dag vi støtter...
but I dag støtter vi...

This is a very important Danish word-order pattern.

Is there anything especially Danish about this sentence that an English speaker should notice?

Yes, a few useful things:

Danish uses one present-tense form for all persons: støtter
The possessive vores does not change for gender in normal modern usage
The plural noun venner is formed differently from English friends
The word order is simple here, but Danish is strongly guided by verb-second word order in main clauses

So even though the sentence looks close to English, it shows several core Danish grammar patterns.

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