Jeg vil besøge svømmebassinet i weekenden for at øve min svømmeteknik.

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Breakdown of Jeg vil besøge svømmebassinet i weekenden for at øve min svømmeteknik.

• i: in
• min: my
• at: to
• ville: to want
• besøge: to visit
• øve: to practice
• svømmebassinet: the swimming pool
• weekenden: the weekend
• svømmeteknikken: the swimming technique

Questions & Answers about Jeg vil besøge svømmebassinet i weekenden for at øve min svømmeteknik.

Why does the sentence use vil instead of skal to express the future plan?

In Danish, vil tends to emphasize a personal intention or desire to do something. While skal can also indicate the future, it often feels more like an obligation or necessity. By choosing vil, the speaker highlights that this is their own plan or wish.

Why is svømmebassinet in the definite form rather than an indefinite form like et svømmebassin?

In Danish, adding the suffix -et makes a noun definite, similar to adding “the” in English. Here, svømmebassinet implies that the speaker is referring to a specific swimming pool (perhaps a familiar one), rather than just any random pool.

What does i weekenden mean, and could we say på weekenden instead?

In Danish, i weekenden is the settled expression meaning “on the weekend” or “this weekend.” Saying på weekenden is not correct for this context. i weekenden is the idiomatic phrase you’ll hear from native speakers.

Why does the sentence use for at øve min svømmeteknik rather than just at øve min svømmeteknik?

The phrase for at introduces the purpose of going to the pool. In Danish, for at is frequently used to explain in order to do something. Simply using at would not convey the sense of purpose as clearly.