Jeg drikker normalt kaffe om morgenen.

I normally drink coffee in the morning.

Breakdown of Jeg drikker normalt kaffe om morgenen.

• jeg: I
• drikke: to drink
• morgenen: the morning
• om: in

Questions & Answers about Jeg drikker normalt kaffe om morgenen.

Why is normalt after drikker, and not before it like in English (“I normally drink …”)?

Danish main clauses follow a verb‑second (V2) pattern:

Subject – finite verb – sentence adverb – other stuff

So in this sentence the structure is:

• Jeg (subject)
• drikker (finite verb)
• normalt (sentence adverb)
• kaffe om morgenen (object + time)

That is the neutral word order in Danish.

You cannot say ✗ Jeg normalt drikker kaffe om morgenen in a normal statement. The adverb normalt has to come after the conjugated verb drikker (unless you move normalt to the very beginning of the sentence for emphasis, which changes the order in another way: Normalt drikker jeg kaffe om morgenen).

Are there other correct places where I can put normalt, and do they change the meaning?

Yes, you can move normalt, but it slightly changes the emphasis:

1. Jeg drikker normalt kaffe om morgenen.
   – Neutral, most typical version. Just stating a habit.

2. Normalt drikker jeg kaffe om morgenen.
   – Emphasis on normalt. Often used in contrast:
   Normalt drikker jeg kaffe om morgenen, men i dag drikker jeg te.

3. Jeg drikker kaffe om morgenen normalt.
   – Grammatically possible, but feels more like an afterthought or more casual/spoken. The neutral place is right after the verb.

In everyday Danish, if you are just learning, prefer version 1 (or 2 when you want to highlight “normally”).