Breakdown of Jeg glæder mig til påsken i år.
jeg
I
glæde sig til
to look forward to
påsken
Easter
i år
this year
Questions & Answers about Jeg glæder mig til påsken i år.
Why is it glæder mig and not just glæder?
Because at glæde sig til is a reflexive expression in Danish when it means to look forward to.
So the full pattern is:
- jeg glæder mig til = I look forward to
- du glæder dig til = you look forward to
- han/hun glæder sig til = he/she looks forward to
The reflexive pronoun changes with the subject:
- mig = myself
- dig = yourself
- sig = himself/herself/themselves
- os = ourselves
- jer = yourselves
So Jeg glæder mig til ... is the normal way to say I’m looking forward to ...
What does til do here?
In glæde sig til, til is a fixed preposition. You should learn the whole phrase together:
- at glæde sig til noget = to look forward to something
- at glæde sig til at gøre noget = to look forward to doing something
Examples:
- Jeg glæder mig til ferien. = I’m looking forward to the vacation.
- Jeg glæder mig til at rejse. = I’m looking forward to traveling.
So in your sentence, til påsken goes with glæder mig as one unit.