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Hun sover trygt i soveværelset med gardinerne trukket for.
Meaning
She sleeps soundly in the bedroom with the curtains drawn.
Part of speech
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Breakdown of Hun sover trygt i soveværelset med gardinerne trukket for.
i
in
med
with
hun
she
sove
to sleep
trygt
soundly
soveværelset
the bedroom
gardinet
the curtain
trække
to draw
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Questions & Answers about Hun sover trygt i soveværelset med gardinerne trukket for.
Why do we say trygt instead of tryg or trygge?
In Danish, trygt is the adverb form, describing how she sleeps (i.e., in a safe or calm manner). Tryg is the singular adjective (e.g., hun er tryg = she feels safe), and trygge is the plural or definite adjective form.
Why is soveværelset in the definite form here?
Because it’s referring to a specific bedroom — presumably her own or one already mentioned in context. In Danish, nouns take a suffix to become definite: soveværelse (indefinite) → soveværelset (definite).
What does med gardinerne trukket for mean grammatically?
It’s a med + noun + past participle construction, which often indicates a condition or circumstance. Gardinerne trukket for means the curtains drawn/closed. So, literally, with the curtains drawn.
What is the difference between trukket for and trukket fra?
Trukket for means the curtains are pulled closed, while trukket fra indicates they are pulled aside or open. So, gardinerne trukket for = curtains closed, gardinerne trukket fra = curtains opened.
Why do we say Hun sover instead of Hun er sover?
In Danish, the present tense of sove (to sleep) is simply sover without a helping verb. You don’t use er (to be) before a present-tense verb the way you might in English with a continuous form. Instead, you say Hun sover (She sleeps / She is sleeping).