Hvis der er plads nok i tasken, tager jeg også min madpakke med.

Hvis means if and introduces a condition.

So:

• Hvis der er plads nok i tasken = If there is enough room in the bag

It works very much like English if-clauses.

In der er, the word der is a dummy subject, similar to English there in there is / there are.

So:

• der er plads = there is room
• der er ikke plads = there is no room

Here, der does not mean there as a place. It is just part of the expression used to say that something exists.

In Danish, nok often comes after the noun when it means enough.

So:

• plads nok = enough room
• tid nok = enough time
• penge nok = enough money

This is a very common Danish pattern, even though English puts enough before the noun.

Tasken means the bag, while en taske means a bag.

So:

• i tasken = in the bag
• i en taske = in a bag

The ending -en is the definite article attached to the noun. Danish often puts the at the end of the noun instead of using a separate word.

• taske = bag
• tasken = the bag

This is because Danish follows the verb-second rule in main clauses.

In a normal main clause, you get:

• Jeg tager også min madpakke med.

But when a clause or phrase comes first, the finite verb must come before the subject:

• Hvis der er plads nok i tasken, tager jeg også min madpakke med.

So after the initial if-clause, Danish uses inversion:

• tager jeg not
• jeg tager

This is one of the most important word-order patterns in Danish.

Også means also / too, and in Danish it is usually placed before the part it relates to, or in a typical adverb position before the object.

Here:

• tager jeg også min madpakke med

means that I will also take my packed lunch along.

If you move også, the emphasis can change slightly. Danish adverb placement is often different from English, so this position is very natural.

Madpakke is a very common Danish word meaning a packed lunch or lunch you bring with you, often sandwiches or simple food prepared at home.

It is a compound noun:

• mad = food
• pakke = package / pack

So literally it is something like food pack, but the natural English meaning is packed lunch.

Because tage ... med is a common Danish verb phrase meaning to take ... along / to bring ... with you.

So:

• tage noget med = take something along
• Jeg tager min madpakke med. = I’m taking my packed lunch along.

This is similar to English phrasal verbs, where a small word can come later:

• take ... along
• bring ... with

In Danish, med is often placed at the end when the object comes before it.

That version sounds much less natural.

The usual word order is:

• tager jeg også min madpakke med

Putting også later in the sentence is generally not the normal choice here. Danish adverbs like også usually appear earlier.

So the original sentence is the natural one.

Both are in the present tense:

• er = is / are
• tager = take / am taking

Danish often uses the present tense where English might also use a future form:

• Hvis der er plads nok i tasken, tager jeg også min madpakke med.

In English, this can mean:

• If there is enough room in the bag, I’ll take my packed lunch too.

So present tense in Danish can refer to a future situation, especially in conditional sentences like this.

In standard Danish, a comma before the main clause here is normal:

• Hvis der er plads nok i tasken, tager jeg også min madpakke med.

The comma marks the end of the if-clause and the start of the main clause.

Danish comma rules have varied over time, but in a sentence like this, the comma is standard and helpful.

Yes. It is a subordinate clause introduced by hvis.

Inside that clause, the word order is different from a main clause:

• der er plads nok i tasken

Then the main clause is:

• tager jeg også min madpakke med

A useful thing to notice is:

• subordinate clause first
• then main clause with inversion (tager jeg)

That pattern is extremely common in Danish.

A rough breakdown is:

• Hvis = if
• der er = there is
• plads nok = enough room
• i tasken = in the bag
• tager = take
• jeg = I
• også = also
• min = my
• madpakke = packed lunch
• med = along / with

So the structure is:

If there is enough room in the bag, take I also my packed lunch along

That is not good English, of course, but it helps show how the Danish sentence is built.