Vi gik hele vejen til stationen.

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Breakdown of Vi gik hele vejen til stationen.

• vi: we
• gå: to walk
• stationen: the station

Questions & Answers about Vi gik hele vejen til stationen.

What does gik mean here, and what tense is it?

Gik is the past tense of gå, which means to walk or to go on foot.

So Vi gik means we walked.

In this sentence, it refers to a completed action in the past:

• Vi gik hele vejen til stationen = We walked all the way to the station

Why is it gik and not something more regular like gåede?

Because gå is an irregular verb.

Its main forms are:

• at gå = to walk
• går = walk / walks / am walking / are walking
• gik = walked
• gået = walked / gone

So you simply have to learn gik as the past form.

What does hele vejen mean?

Hele vejen literally means the whole way, but in natural English it often corresponds to all the way.

So in this sentence:

• Vi gik hele vejen til stationen = We walked all the way to the station

It emphasizes that they walked the entire distance rather than taking a bus, train, car, etc.