Vores hold har et fælles mål.

Breakdown of Vores hold har et fælles mål.

et
a
have
to have
målet
the goal
vores
our
holdet
the team
fælles
common

Questions & Answers about Vores hold har et fælles mål.

What does vores mean, and why is there no article before hold?

Vores means our.

In Danish, a possessive like min (my), din (your), vores (our), or deres (their) normally replaces the article. So you say:

  • vores hold = our team
  • not et vores hold

That works much like English: we say our team, not the our team.

What does hold mean here?

Here, hold means team.

It is a very common Danish word and can refer to:

  • a sports team
  • a group of people working together
  • a class/group in some contexts

The basic dictionary form is et hold, so it is a neuter noun.

Why is the verb har used here?

Har is the present tense of at have, which means to have.

So:

  • jeg har = I have
  • du har = you have
  • vi har = we have
  • vores hold har = our team has

Unlike English, Danish present-tense verbs do not change according to the subject. The form har stays the same.

Why is it et fælles mål and not en fælles mål?

Because mål is a neuter noun in Danish.

Danish has two grammatical genders for nouns:

Since the noun is et mål, the phrase must be et fælles mål.

Why doesn’t fælles change form?

Normally, Danish adjectives often change depending on the noun:

  • en stor bil
  • et stort hus
  • store biler

But fælles is one of the adjectives that usually stays the same. Adjectives ending in -s are often not inflected in the usual way.

So you get:

  • en fælles idé
  • et fælles mål
  • fælles mål
  • de fælles mål

In all of these, fælles stays fælles.

What does fælles mål mean exactly?

Fælles mål means a common goal, a shared goal, or a goal that everyone on the team has together.

So fælles here does not mean merely similar. It means the goal belongs to the group as a whole.

What does mål mean here? Can it mean more than one thing?

Yes. Mål can have several meanings in Danish, depending on context.

Common meanings include:

  • goal
  • aim
  • target
  • sometimes measurement in other contexts

In Vores hold har et fælles mål, it clearly means goal/aim, not measurement.

Is the word order similar to English in this sentence?

Yes. In this sentence, the order is very close to English:

  • Vores hold = subject
  • har = verb
  • et fælles mål = object/complement

So the structure is basically:

Subject + Verb + Object

That said, Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb normally comes second in main clauses. In this simple sentence, that gives the same order English uses.

How would I turn this into a question?

You would usually move the verb before the subject:

Har vores hold et fælles mål?

That means Does our team have a common goal?

This is very typical in Danish yes/no questions.

Could I say team instead of hold?

Yes, sometimes. Danish also uses team, especially in business or workplace contexts.

But hold is often the more natural everyday word for:

  • sports teams
  • school groups
  • many organized groups of people

So in a sentence like this, vores hold sounds very natural.

How is the sentence pronounced?

A rough learner-friendly pronunciation would be:

VOH-res hold har et FEL-uhs mohl

A few notes:

  • vores is often pronounced more lightly in real speech than learners expect
  • et is usually weak and unstressed
  • fælles sounds roughly like FEL-uhs
  • mål has a long vowel

The exact pronunciation can vary by region and speaking style, but this rough version is a good start.

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