I dag lærer vi at bruge “hvis ... havde ..., ville ... have ...”, når vi taler om noget, der ikke skete.

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Breakdown of I dag lærer vi at bruge “hvis ... havde ..., ville ... have ...”, når vi taler om noget, der ikke skete.

• bruge: to use
• vi: we
• at: to

Questions & Answers about I dag lærer vi at bruge “hvis ... havde ..., ville ... have ...”, når vi taler om noget, der ikke skete.

Why does the sentence start with I dag lærer vi instead of Vi lærer i dag?

Both are possible, but the word order changes because Danish follows the V2 rule in main clauses: the finite verb usually comes in the second position.

• I dag lærer vi ... = Today we are learning ...
• Vi lærer i dag ... = We are learning today ...

When I dag is placed first for emphasis, the verb lærer must come before vi.

So:

• I dag lærer vi ... is natural when the speaker wants to frame the lesson as today’s topic.
• Vi lærer i dag ... is also grammatical, but it sounds slightly less like a lesson heading.

What does lærer mean here? Is it learn or teach?

Here lærer means learn.

The verb is at lære, which can mean both:

• to learn
• to teach

So context matters.

In I dag lærer vi at bruge ..., it clearly means Today we learn / are learning to use ...

If it meant teach, there would usually be an object, for example:

• Læreren lærer os dansk = The teacher teaches us Danish

So in this sentence, vi lærer means we are learning.

Why is it at bruge after lærer vi?