Slå mikrofonen fra, hvis du hoster under mødet.

Turn off the microphone if you cough during the meeting.

Breakdown of Slå mikrofonen fra, hvis du hoster under mødet.

• hvis: if
• mødet: the meeting
• du: you
• slå fra: to turn off

Questions & Answers about Slå mikrofonen fra, hvis du hoster under mødet.

Why does the sentence start with Slå and not Du slår?

Because this is a command. Danish often uses the imperative form when telling someone to do something.

• slå = imperative of at slå
• du slår = you hit/you switch in the present tense, not a command

So:

• Slå mikrofonen fra = Turn the microphone off
• Du slår mikrofonen fra = You turn the microphone off

In commands, Danish usually leaves out the subject du, just like English often does.

Why is it mikrofonen and not en mikrofon or just mikrofon?

Mikrofonen is the definite form: the microphone.

In Danish, definiteness is often added as an ending:

• en mikrofon = a microphone
• mikrofonen = the microphone

Here, the sentence refers to the microphone that is already understood in the situation, so the definite form is natural.

Why is fra separated from slå?