Hun pendler til universitetet hver morgen, og jeg pendler til kontoret med metroen.

Because Danish verbs do not change form depending on the subject in the present tense.

So:

• jeg pendler
• hun pendler
• vi pendler

all use the same present-tense form: pendler.

This is much simpler than English, where you have I commute but she commutes.

The infinitive is at pendle = to commute.

A few useful forms are:

• at pendle — infinitive
• pendler — present tense
• pendlede — past tense
• har pendlet — perfect tense

So in this sentence, pendler is just the present tense.

Mostly yes. At pendle means traveling regularly back and forth, especially between home and work or school.

So it suggests a repeated routine, not just a one-time trip.

That makes it a good match for English commute.

Til means to, and it is used for movement toward a destination.

So:

• til universitetet = to the university
• til kontoret = to the office

This fits because both people are traveling to a place.

A useful contrast:

• til universitetet = to the university
• på universitetet = at the university
• på kontoret = at the office

Because Danish nouns have different grammatical genders, and the definite ending depends on the gender.

• et universitet → universitetet
• et kontor → kontoret
• en metro → metroen

So:

• nouns with et usually form the definite with -et
• nouns with en usually form the definite with -en

That is why the endings are different.

In Danish, it is very natural to use the definite form for places that are understood as the relevant destination in context.

So:

• til universitetet
• til kontoret

sound natural because they refer to the university and the office that matter in the situation.

This does not always match English exactly. English sometimes says go to university without the, but Danish will often still use the definite form: til universitetet.

Med means by/with, and here it introduces the means of transport.

So med metroen means by metro.

The definite form metroen is natural here. Danish often uses a definite noun when talking about a transport method in a concrete, everyday way:

• med bilen — by car
• med bussen — by bus
• med metroen — by metro

So this phrasing is idiomatic and normal.

Because hver means every, and in Danish it is followed by a singular noun:

• hver morgen — every morning
• hver dag — every day
• hver uge — every week

This works much like English.

It is a time expression, and in Danish time expressions often come later in the clause.

So:

• Hun pendler til universitetet hver morgen

is a very normal word order.

But Danish is flexible, and you can also move the time expression to the front:

• Hver morgen pendler hun til universitetet

Notice what happens then: the verb comes before the subject. That is because Danish follows the V2 rule in main clauses.

Yes. Danish main clauses usually put the finite verb in the second position.

In the original sentence, the subject comes first, so the order is:

• Hun
  • pendler
    • ...

But if you move another element to the front, the verb must still stay second:

• Hver morgen pendler hun til universitetet

Not:

• Hver morgen hun pendler ...

This is a very important Danish word-order rule.

Because the sentence contains two main clauses, each with its own subject and finite verb:

1. Hun pendler til universitetet hver morgen
2. jeg pendler til kontoret med metroen

They are joined by og = and, and Danish normally places a comma between two full main clauses.

In standard Danish, each full main clause normally needs its own finite verb, so repeating pendler is the normal and correct choice:

• Hun pendler ..., og jeg pendler ...

If you left it out, the sentence would sound elliptical or incomplete in ordinary writing.

So the repeated verb is not unnecessary—it is the normal structure.

Yes. That is also grammatical.

Both of these are possible:

• jeg pendler til kontoret med metroen
• jeg pendler med metroen til kontoret

The original version puts the destination first and the means of transport afterward. That is a very natural choice.

So this is more about emphasis and rhythm than right versus wrong.