Vi nøjes ikke med at tale om problemet; vi prøver også at finde en løsning sammen.

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Breakdown of Vi nøjes ikke med at tale om problemet; vi prøver også at finde en løsning sammen.

• vi: we
• at: to
• om: about

Questions & Answers about Vi nøjes ikke med at tale om problemet; vi prøver også at finde en løsning sammen.

What does nøjes med mean here?

Nøjes med means something like to settle for, to be content with, or to limit oneself to.

So:

• Vi nøjes ikke med at tale om problemet
  = We do not just settle for talking about the problem

It is a very common Danish expression, and it often suggests that someone does more than the minimum.

A few similar examples:

• Jeg nøjes med en kop kaffe.
  = I’ll just have one cup of coffee.
• Han nøjedes ikke med at klage.
  = He didn’t stop at complaining.

In your sentence, it emphasizes that we don’t only talk — we also try to solve it.

Why is it med at tale and not just at tale?

Because nøjes normally takes the preposition med.

The pattern is:

• nøjes med + noun
• nøjes med at + infinitive

So:

• Vi nøjes med snak.
• Vi nøjes med at tale.

Here, med belongs to the verb expression nøjes med, and at tale is the infinitive phrase after it.

This is something English speakers often have to memorize, because English does not use the same structure in exactly the same way.

Why is ikke placed after nøjes?