Vores hold vinder ofte konkurrencer, når vi arbejder godt sammen.

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Breakdown of Vores hold vinder ofte konkurrencer, når vi arbejder godt sammen.

• vi: we
• sammen: together
• ofte: often

Questions & Answers about Vores hold vinder ofte konkurrencer, når vi arbejder godt sammen.

Why is it “vores hold vinder” and not something like “vores hold vinderer”? Why doesn’t the verb change?

In Danish, verbs do not change according to person or number.

• at vinde (to win) → vinder in the present tense
  
  • jeg vinder – I win
  • du vinder – you win
  • han/hun vinder – he/she wins
  • vi vinder – we win
  • vores hold vinder – our team wins

So “vinder” is the present tense form for all subjects. You never add -er or anything else depending on who is doing the action; “vinder” is already the correct present form.

Why is “hold” singular here, even though in English we sometimes think of a team as many people?

In Danish, “et hold” is grammatically a singular neuter noun meaning “a team / a side / a squad.”

• et hold – a team
• holdet – the team
• vores hold – our team

Even if a team contains many people, in Danish it is treated as one unit, grammatically singular. The verb still doesn’t change anyway (see previous answer), so “vores hold vinder” is the normal way to say “our team wins.”

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