Hun drikker vin med maden.

She drinks wine with the meal.

Breakdown of Hun drikker vin med maden.

• drikke: to drink
• vinen: the wine
• maden: the meal
• med: with
• hun: she

Questions & Answers about Hun drikker vin med maden.

Why is maden in the definite form instead of just mad?

In Danish, adding -en to mad makes it "maden," which means "the food" or "the meal" rather than just "food." This definite form is often used to refer to a specific meal or the food that is being eaten at that moment.

Could I replace maden with sin mad to mean "her meal" instead?

Using sin mad would emphasize "her own meal" specifically, rather than a general "the meal." It's grammatically correct, but it slightly changes the focus to her personal meal. Maden is more general and implies the meal as a common event or situation.

What is the difference between using med and til in this context?

Med generally means "with," suggesting drinking wine together with the meal. If you used til, meaning "for" or "with" in a different sense, it would emphasize wine as an accompaniment or something served to go with the meal. The difference is subtle, and both can be used, but med puts a bit more emphasis on the action happening together with the meal.

Why do we say drikker instead of drikke?

Drikker is the present tense form of the verb "drikke," so it translates to "drinks" in English. Drikke is the infinitive form ("to drink"), which you wouldn’t use here unless the sentence required the infinitive structure.

Is the word order "Hun drikker vin med maden" common in Danish?

Yes, this is a standard Danish word order: subject (Hun), verb (drikker), object (vin), and then the prepositional phrase (med maden). This structure is typical and natural for everyday speech and writing.