Hun kommer hjem med en tegning til sin mor.

She comes home with a drawing for her mother.

Breakdown of Hun kommer hjem med en tegning til sin mor.

• en: a
• med: with
• hun: she
• til: for

Questions & Answers about Hun kommer hjem med en tegning til sin mor.

Why is it kommer? Is that present tense?

Yes. Kommer is the present tense of at komme.

In Danish, the present tense is often used:

• for something happening now
• for habits
• for near-future situations, depending on context

So Hun kommer hjem ... can mean something like She comes home ... or She is coming home ..., depending on the situation.

What does hjem mean here, and why is there no word for to before it?

Hjem means home in the sense of movement toward home.

Danish often uses hjem by itself, without a preposition:

• Hun kommer hjem = She comes home
• Jeg går hjem = I’m going home

So hjem works more like an adverb here than a regular noun phrase. That is why there is no separate word like English to.

Why is it med en tegning?

Med means with.

Here, med en tegning tells you what she has with her when she comes home. In other words, she is bringing or carrying a drawing.

So the structure is:

• med = with
• en tegning = a drawing