Hvis spirerne får for lidt lys, bliver de lange og svage.

If the sprouts get too little light, they become long and weak.

Breakdown of Hvis spirerne får for lidt lys, bliver de lange og svage.

• og: and
• blive: to become
• lang: long
• hvis: if

Questions & Answers about Hvis spirerne får for lidt lys, bliver de lange og svage.

What does hvis mean here, and how is this kind of sentence structured?

Hvis means if.

This sentence has two parts:

• Hvis spirerne får for lidt lys = the if-clause
• bliver de lange og svage = the main clause

So the overall pattern is:

• Hvis + clause, main clause

This is very common in Danish for conditions, just like in English:

• Hvis du kommer, bliver jeg glad.
• Hvis det regner, bliver vi hjemme.

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Why is it spirerne and not spirer?

Spirerne is the definite plural form of spire.

For many common nouns in Danish:

• singular indefinite: en spire
• singular definite: spiren
• plural indefinite: spirer
• plural definite: spirerne

So spirerne means the sprouts / the seedlings.

The ending -ne is a very common definite plural ending in Danish.

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