Dansk bliver lettere, når jeg bruger ordbogen.

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Breakdown of Dansk bliver lettere, når jeg bruger ordbogen.

• blive: to become
• når: when
• bruge: to use

Questions & Answers about Dansk bliver lettere, når jeg bruger ordbogen.

Why is bliver used here instead of er? In English we say “Danish is easier when I use the dictionary.”

In Danish, blive often corresponds to “become / get” rather than “be.”

• Dansk bliver lettere = “Danish becomes / gets easier.”
• Dansk er lettere would mean “Danish is easier” (stating a static fact, not a change).

Here the idea is that using the dictionary causes a change: Danish goes from being hard to being easier. That’s why bliver is more natural than er in this context.

What tense is bliver, and what is the infinitive form?

• Infinitive: at blive = to become / to get / to be (in some passive/auxiliary uses)
• Bliver is present tense of at blive.

So:

• Jeg bliver træt. – I become / I’m getting tired.
• Dansk bliver lettere. – Danish becomes / is getting easier.

Danish often uses the present tense for a general truth or regular occurrence, which matches English quite well here.

Why is Dansk capitalized? Are names of languages always written with a capital letter in Danish?