Lad os mødes i parken efter arbejde.

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Breakdown of Lad os mødes i parken efter arbejde.

• efter: after
• arbejdet: the work
• mødes: to meet

Questions & Answers about Lad os mødes i parken efter arbejde.

What does Lad os mean grammatically?

Lad os is a very common Danish way to make a suggestion, like let’s in English.

• Lad comes from the verb at lade.
• os means us.

So Lad os + infinitive means let’s + verb.

In this sentence:

• Lad os mødes = Let’s meet

You can use the same pattern in many other sentences:

• Lad os gå = Let’s go
• Lad os spise = Let’s eat
• Lad os vente = Let’s wait

It is a normal, natural everyday structure.

Why is it mødes and not møde?

Mødes is the form used when the meaning is meet each other or meet up.

Compare these:

• at møde nogen = to meet someone
• at mødes = to meet each other / to meet up

So:

• Vi møder ham = We meet him
• Vi mødes = We meet each other

In Lad os mødes, the idea is not that we meet someone else, but that we meet each other, so mødes is the correct form.

The -s ending here is very common in Danish for reciprocal meanings like this.

Is mødes a passive form?