Questions & Answers about Babyen pludrer i barnevognen, mens vi går gennem parken.
Why is it babyen and not just baby?
Babyen means the baby. In Danish, definiteness is usually added to the end of the noun as a suffix.
- en baby = a baby
- babyen = the baby
This is very common in Danish:
- en park → parken
- en barnevogn → barnevognen
So babyen pludrer means the baby is babbling.
Why does pludrer end in -r?
Because -r is the normal present-tense ending for most Danish verbs.
The infinitive is at pludre = to babble / to coo / to chatter like a baby.
Present tense:
- jeg pludrer
- du pludrer
- han/hun pludrer
- vi pludrer
Unlike English, the verb form usually stays the same for all persons in the present tense. So pludrer simply means is babbling / babbles.
Why is it går and not something like er gående?