Hun laver også pasta i en anden gryde, mens jeg rører i suppen.

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Breakdown of Hun laver også pasta i en anden gryde, mens jeg rører i suppen.

• i: in
• hun: she
• også: also

Questions & Answers about Hun laver også pasta i en anden gryde, mens jeg rører i suppen.

Why is it Hun laver også pasta and not Hun også laver pasta?

In a normal main clause, Danish follows V2 word order: the finite verb (here laver) comes in the 2nd position.
So you get:

• Hun (position 1) + laver (position 2) + også
  • pasta
    Putting også before the verb (Hun også laver…) would break V2 in a simple declarative main clause.

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What does også attach to here—does it mean she also makes pasta or she makes pasta too (in addition to something else)?

Også means also/too, and its scope depends on context. In this position (after the verb), it commonly means “in addition” in a general sense:

• Hun laver også pasta = She also makes pasta / She’s making pasta too (as well).

If you wanted to stress pasta specifically (“also pasta, not only something else”), Danish might rearrange or add emphasis in context, but this sentence is the neutral “also/too.”

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Why is it i en anden gryde and not på en anden gryde?

With containers like a pot, Danish uses i (“in”) for location:

• i en gryde = in a pot
  På (“on”) would be used for surfaces (e.g., on a table), not for something contained inside a pot.

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