Hvis prisen ikke er for høj, klarer vi salget hurtigt, men vi kan ikke bestemme alt på én gang.

Hvis introduces a real condition: if X happens, then Y.

So in this sentence, Hvis prisen ikke er for høj means if the price is not too high.

A common learner mistake is mixing up hvis and om. Danish usually uses:

• hvis = if for conditions
• om = whether/if in indirect questions

Compare:

• Hvis prisen ikke er for høj, klarer vi salget hurtigt.
• Jeg ved ikke, om prisen er for høj.

So here hvis is the correct choice because the clause sets up a condition.

In Danish, the definite article is usually added to the end of the noun.

So:

• pris = price
• prisen = the price

and

• salg = sale
• salget = the sale

The endings depend on the gender of the noun:

• common gender often takes -en
• neuter often takes -et

That is why you get:

• prisen
• salget

This is one of the biggest structural differences from English.

This is about Danish word order.

In a subordinate clause, words like ikke usually come before the finite verb:

• Hvis prisen ikke er for høj

In a main clause, ikke usually comes after the finite verb:

• vi kan ikke bestemme alt

So the pattern is:

• subordinate clause: subject + ikke + verb
• main clause: subject + verb + ikke

That difference is very important in Danish grammar.

This is because of the Danish V2 rule: in a main clause, the finite verb normally comes in the second position.

The whole opening clause Hvis prisen ikke er for høj counts as the first element. So the next thing must be the finite verb:

• Hvis prisen ikke er for høj, klarer vi salget hurtigt

If there were no opening hvis-clause, you would say:

• Vi klarer salget hurtigt

So klarer vi is not random inversion. It is regular Danish word order after something else has been placed first.

Here for høj means too high.

In Danish, for before an adjective often means too in the sense of excessively:

• for høj = too high
• for dyr = too expensive
• for sent = too late

So even though it may look like English for high, the real meaning is too high.

Because høj agrees with prisen, and prisen is a common-gender singular noun.

After er, Danish adjectives still agree with the noun they describe:

• prisen er høj = the price is high
• huset er højt = the house is high/tall
• priserne er høje = the prices are high

So:

• common gender singular: høj
• neuter singular: højt
• plural: høje

That is why prisen ikke er for høj is correct.

Klarer comes from at klare, which can mean things like:

• manage
• handle
• get through
• complete successfully

In this sentence, klarer vi salget hurtigt means something like:

• we handle the sale quickly
• we get the sale done quickly
• we complete the sale quickly

It does not mean clear in the usual English sense. It is a broader verb in Danish.

Because here it functions as an adverb, meaning quickly.

The base adjective is:

• hurtig = quick, fast

But when it describes how something is done, Danish often uses the -t form:

• hurtigt = quickly

So:

• et hurtigt salg = a quick sale
• vi klarer salget hurtigt = we handle the sale quickly

In the sentence, hurtigt describes the action klarer, not the noun salget.

At bestemme can mean several related things, such as:

• decide
• determine
• be in charge of
• choose/set

In this sentence, vi kan ikke bestemme alt means:

• we cannot decide everything
• we cannot settle everything
• we cannot determine every detail

So the idea is that not everything can be decided immediately.

På én gang means:

• all at once
• in one go
• at the same time

The accent in én helps show that it means the number one and is stressed. It distinguishes it from the unstressed article en.

So på én gang is literally something like in one go / in one single instance, but idiomatically it means all at once.

The commas mark the clause structure.

The first comma comes after the opening hvis-clause:

• Hvis prisen ikke er for høj, klarer vi salget hurtigt

That shows the conditional clause has ended and the main clause begins.

The second comma comes before men, which joins two main clauses:

• ..., men vi kan ikke bestemme alt på én gang

So the commas help separate:

• the condition
• the main statement
• the contrasting second statement