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Why is fik used here?
Fik is the past tense of at få, which means to get or to receive.
This verb is irregular:
- infinitive: at få
- present: får
- past: fik
- past participle: fået
So hun fik en vaccine means she got a vaccine.
Why is også placed after fik?
In a normal Danish main clause, the finite verb usually comes in second position. This is often called the V2 rule.
So in:
- Hun = first element
- fik = second element
- også comes after that
That is why you get Hun fik også en vaccine...
If you moved another element to the front, the verb would still stay second:
- Sidste år fik hun også en vaccine.
Why is it en vaccine and not et vaccine?
Because vaccine is a common-gender noun in Danish, so it takes en.
Danish nouns are usually either:
- en-words (common gender)
- et-words (neuter)
So:
- en vaccine = a vaccine
- vaccinen = the vaccine
You simply have to learn the gender with the noun.
Why is there no preposition before sidste år?
Danish often uses time expressions like sidste år, sidste uge, næste måned, and i går without a preposition.
So:
- sidste år = last year
- not i sidste år
This works very much like English, where we also say last year, not in last year.
Why does it say bliver syg instead of er syg?
Bliver syg means gets sick / becomes ill, while er syg means is sick.
So the sentence suggests a repeated event:
- hun ofte bliver syg om vinteren = she often gets sick in winter
If you said hun ofte er syg om vinteren, it would focus more on her state of being ill during winter, not so much on becoming ill.
Why is it om vinteren and not i vinteren?
Om vinteren is the normal way to say in winter or during the winter when you mean it generally or habitually.
So:
- om vinteren = in winter, during winter in general
This fits the sentence because it describes something that happens regularly.
By contrast, i vinter usually means this winter.
And i vinteren is generally not the natural choice here.
Why is the word order fordi hun ofte bliver syg?
Because fordi introduces a subordinate clause.
After fordi, Danish does not use main-clause inversion. You keep the subject before the verb:
- fordi hun...
- not fordi bliver hun...
Also, adverbs like ofte are very naturally placed before the finite verb in this kind of clause:
- fordi hun ofte bliver syg
So the word order is normal Danish subordinate-clause word order.
Why is syg written without any ending?
Here syg is a predicative adjective after bliver.
With a singular subject like hun, the basic form is used:
- hun er syg
- hun bliver syg
You would see syge with a plural subject:
- de er syge
- de bliver syge
So syg is correct because the subject is singular.
Why is there a comma before fordi?
The comma separates the main clause from the subordinate clause:
- Hun fik også en vaccine sidste år
- fordi hun ofte bliver syg om vinteren
In Danish, many writers put a comma before a clause introduced by fordi. That is very common and standard-looking.
You may also sometimes see sentences without that comma, depending on comma style, but the comma in your sentence is completely normal.
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