Vi spiser kylling til aftensmad, medmindre børnene hellere vil have suppe.

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Breakdown of Vi spiser kylling til aftensmad, medmindre børnene hellere vil have suppe.

• have: to have
• ville: to want
• til: for

Questions & Answers about Vi spiser kylling til aftensmad, medmindre børnene hellere vil have suppe.

Why is it Vi spiser and not something like Vi spise?

Spiser is the present tense of at spise (to eat).

• at spise = to eat
• jeg spiser = I eat / I am eating
• vi spiser = we eat / we are eating

In Danish, the present tense often ends in -r, so spise becomes spiser.

Why is there no article before kylling?

In this sentence, kylling means chicken as a type of food, not a chicken as an individual animal.

So Danish often leaves out the article, just like English can:

• Vi spiser kylling = We are eating chicken

Compare:

• Vi spiser en kylling would sound more like we are eating one whole chicken
• Kylling on its own means chicken in a general food sense

This is very common with food words in Danish.

What does til aftensmad mean, and why is til used?

Til aftensmad means for dinner or for the evening meal.

Literally:

• til = for / to