I eftermiddag spiller hendes hold en kamp på den nye bane.

In Danish, i eftermiddag is the normal fixed expression for this afternoon / in the afternoon in this kind of sentence.

• i = in
• eftermiddag = afternoon

So I eftermiddag works like a time expression placed at the front of the sentence.

A learner may expect something closer to English, but in Danish, these time phrases often include a preposition:

• i morgen = tomorrow
• i dag = today
• i aften = this evening
• i eftermiddag = this afternoon

Here, I eftermiddag sets the time frame for the whole sentence.

This is because Danish follows the V2 rule in main clauses. That means the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

So when the sentence begins with a time expression like I eftermiddag, the verb must come next:

• I eftermiddag = first element
• spiller = second element
• hendes hold = after the verb

That is why Danish says:

• I eftermiddag spiller hendes hold en kamp ...

and not:

• I eftermiddag hendes hold spiller ...

This is very common in Danish:

• I dag arbejder jeg hjemme.
• Om søndagen spiller vi fodbold.

If the subject comes first, then the order is normal:

• Hendes hold spiller en kamp i eftermiddag.

Hendes means her in the possessive sense, as in her team.

It is used when the possessor is female:

• hans = his
• hendes = her
• deres = their

So:

• hendes hold = her team

Unlike English learners might expect, hendes does not change depending on the gender or number of the noun after it. It stays hendes.

Hold is the indefinite form, meaning a team or simply team in the possessive phrase her team.

In Danish, when a noun is preceded by a possessive like min, din, hans, hendes, vores, deres, you normally use the indefinite form of the noun:

• hendes hold = her team
• min bil = my car
• deres hus = their house

So you do not normally say:

• hendes holdet

That would be ungrammatical.

En kamp is the indefinite form meaning a match / a game.

The noun kamp is a common gender noun in Danish, so it takes en in the singular indefinite form:

• en kamp = a match
• kampen = the match

Here the sentence means that her team is playing a match, not a specific already-identified one, so the indefinite form is natural.

These words are related but do different jobs:

• kamp = a match, game, contest
  This is a noun.
• spiller = plays / is playing
  This is a verb form from at spille.
• spil = game, play, gambling, etc.
  This is also a noun, but it is not the natural word here for a sports match.

So in this sentence:

• spiller tells you what the team does
• en kamp tells you what they are playing

In sports Danish, spille en kamp is a very normal expression.

Danish often uses the present tense for a scheduled or planned future event, just like English can do.

So:

• I eftermiddag spiller hendes hold en kamp.

means something like:

• Her team is playing a match this afternoon or
• Her team plays a match this afternoon

This is very common for timetabled or arranged events:

• Jeg rejser i morgen. = I’m leaving tomorrow.
• Filmen begynder klokken otte. = The film starts at eight.

The preposition på is used because a sports field, court, pitch, or playing surface is typically something you are on, not in.

So:

• på banen = on the field / on the pitch / on the court

Bane can mean a track, lane, court, pitch, or field depending on context. For sports locations, Danish often uses på:

• på banen
• på fodboldbanen
• på tennisbanen

English sometimes uses on too, so this matches fairly well.

This is the normal way to form a definite noun phrase with an adjective in Danish.

When a noun is definite and has an adjective, Danish usually uses:

1. a definite article before the adjective
2. the adjective in definite form
3. the noun in definite form

So:

• den nye bane = the new field/pitch/court

Breakdown:

• den = the
• nye = new, definite/adjective form
• bane = here in its definite form context

Compare:

• en ny bane = a new field
• den nye bane = the new field

This is a key pattern in Danish:

• det store hus = the big house
• de gamle bøger = the old books

Because the adjective is part of a definite noun phrase: den nye bane.

In Danish, adjectives change form depending on grammar. A simple overview:

• en ny bane = a new field
• et nyt hus = a new house
• nye baner = new fields
• den nye bane = the new field

So nye is used here because the phrase is definite: the new field.

Bane is a flexible Danish noun. Its exact meaning depends on context. It can mean things like:

• field
• pitch
• court
• track
• lane

In this sentence, because a team is playing en kamp, bane most likely means the place where the match is played, such as a:

• pitch
• field
• court

So the best English word depends on the sport.

Not all of it.

The direct object is:

• en kamp

That is the thing being played.

The phrase:

• på den nye bane

is a prepositional phrase telling you where the match takes place.

So the structure is roughly:

• I eftermiddag = time
• spiller = verb
• hendes hold = subject
• en kamp = object
• på den nye bane = location

Yes. That is also grammatical.

The main difference is emphasis and word order.

• I eftermiddag spiller hendes hold en kamp på den nye bane.
  • puts focus first on this afternoon
• Hendes hold spiller en kamp i eftermiddag på den nye bane.
  • starts more neutrally with the subject her team

Both are natural. Danish lets you move elements to the front, but when you do that, the verb still stays in second position.

No. In I eftermiddag, I is the preposition i, meaning in.

It is pronounced like Danish i, which sounds roughly like a long ee sound, similar to the vowel in see.

So this is not the English letter name I. It is simply the Danish word i.

It is capitalized only because it is the first word of the sentence.

In the middle of a sentence, it would normally be lowercase:

• Hendes hold spiller en kamp i eftermiddag.

So the capitalization is not special grammar; it is just standard sentence-initial capitalization.