Hvis hendes cv er klart i aften, tror hun, at hun snart bliver ansat.

to be

Breakdown of Hvis hendes cv er klart i aften, tror hun, at hun snart bliver ansat.

• blive: to become
• klar: ready
• hun: she

Questions & Answers about Hvis hendes cv er klart i aften, tror hun, at hun snart bliver ansat.

Why is it tror hun instead of hun tror?

Because Danish main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb must come in the second position.

Here, the whole clause Hvis hendes cv er klart i aften comes first. That means the verb of the main clause must come next:

• Hvis hendes cv er klart i aften, tror hun ...

If there were no fronted Hvis-clause, the normal order would be:

• Hun tror, at hun snart bliver ansat.

So this is a very common Danish word-order pattern.

Why does the sentence use hvis?

Hvis is used for a real condition, like English if.

So Hvis ... means if ...

A common learner confusion is with om. Danish om can mean whether/if in indirect questions, but not this kind of condition.

Compare:

• Hvis hendes cv er klart ... = a condition
• Hun ved ikke, om hendes cv er klart. = she does not know whether her CV is ready

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