Jeg hjælper min ven med bogen.

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Breakdown of Jeg hjælper min ven med bogen.

• bogen: the book
• min: my
• med: with
• vennen: the friend
• hjælpe: to help

Questions & Answers about Jeg hjælper min ven med bogen.

Why does hjælper end with -r?

In Danish, present-tense verbs typically end in -r. The infinitive is at hjælpe, but when you say jeg hjælper (I help), you add the -r to mark the present tense form.

Why do we say med bogen (with the book) instead of something else?

The preposition med is used to express that you’re assisting someone with something in Danish. In English, you also say help someone with something, and med functions similarly here. Bogen is in the definite form, meaning the book, which indicates you and your friend already know which book you’re referring to.

Why is min ven (my friend) used without an article?

In Danish, possessive pronouns (like min, din, hans, etc.) replace any article, so you don’t say en min ven or en min bog. Once you use min, you simply follow it with the noun (e.g., min ven = my friend).

Could the sentence be ordered differently, such as Jeg med bogen hjælper min ven?

Word order rules in Danish usually keep the subject (jeg) first, followed by the verb (hjælper), then the object (min ven), and finally any extra information (med bogen). While Danish has some flexibility, Jeg med bogen hjælper min ven would sound unnatural. The standard word order is Jeg hjælper min ven med bogen.