Kan De skrive nummerpladen så tydeligt som muligt på formularen og også skrive fartgrænsen på den vej, hvor bilen kørte?

De is the formal form of you in Danish. It is capitalized to show respect and politeness.

So Kan De skrive ... ? is like saying Could you write ... ? in a polite, formal way.

A few useful points:

• De can refer to one person politely.
• In older or very formal Danish, it can also refer to more than one person.
• In modern everyday Danish, people usually say du instead of De.

So this sentence sounds polite, official, and somewhat formal.

It is usually understood as a polite request, not a real question about ability.

Literally, Kan De skrive ... ? means Can you write ... ?
But in context, it works like:

• Could you write ... ?
• Would you please write ... ?

This is very similar to English, where Can you open the window? often means a request, not a test of ability.

The ending -en makes the noun definite.

• nummerplade = a license plate / number plate
• nummerpladen = the license plate / the number plate

Danish often adds the definite article to the end of the noun instead of putting a separate word in front.

The same thing happens with:

• formular → formularen = the form
• bil → bilen = the car
• fartgrænse → fartgrænsen = the speed limit

Så tydeligt som muligt means as clearly as possible.

It follows a very common Danish pattern:

• så + adverb/adjective + som muligt

Examples:

• så hurtigt som muligt = as quickly as possible
• så godt som muligt = as well as possible
• så tydeligt som muligt = as clearly as possible

Here:

• tydeligt = clearly
• muligt = possible

So the whole expression is a fixed and useful pattern to learn.

Here tydeligt is being used adverbially, meaning it describes how the writing should be done: clearly.

The base adjective is:

• tydelig = clear

But when Danish uses this kind of word like an adverb, it often takes -t:

• tydelig = clear
• tydeligt = clearly

Compare:

• en tydelig skrift = clear handwriting
• skriv tydeligt = write clearly

So in this sentence, tydeligt describes the action skrive.

Because the sentence asks for two separate things to be written:

1. nummerpladen
2. fartgrænsen

So Danish repeats the verb:

• skrive nummerpladen ...
• og også skrive fartgrænsen ...

This is natural and clear. English often does the same:

• Write the license plate ... and also write the speed limit ...

You could sometimes avoid repetition in other sentences, but here repeating skrive makes the instruction neat and explicit.

They do different jobs:

• og = and
• også = also / too

So:

• og også skrive ... = and also write ...

The speaker is adding a second instruction, not just connecting two words.

A simple way to see it:

• og joins
• også adds

Without også, the sentence would still be grammatical, but it would lose the extra sense of in addition.

Because it means the speed limit, not a speed limit.

• fartgrænse = a speed limit
• fartgrænsen = the speed limit

In this context, the road had one specific speed limit, so the definite form makes sense.

This is very normal in Danish when the thing is specific and known from the situation.

Because på is the natural preposition in both of these expressions, even though the meanings are a bit different.

• på formularen = on the form
• på den vej = on that road

So:

1. på formularen is like writing something on a physical or written surface.
2. på den vej is the normal way to say a car was driving on a road.

Prepositions do not always match perfectly between languages, so it is best to learn these as normal Danish combinations.

Because den is being used before the noun, and in that structure the noun stays in its basic form:

• vejen = the road
• den vej = that road / the road

In this sentence, den vej, hvor bilen kørte means something like the road where the car was driving.

This structure is very common when a noun is followed by extra information, such as a relative clause.

Also, den vej can sound a little more specific or pointing than vejen.

Here hvor means where and introduces a relative clause.

• den vej, hvor bilen kørte
• literally: the road where the car drove

So hvor connects the noun vej with the clause that describes it.

It tells us which road is meant.

This is similar to English:

• the house where I live
• the city where she was born
• the road where the car drove

Because hvor bilen kørte is a subordinate clause, not a main clause.

In Danish main clauses, the verb often comes in second position:

• Bilen kørte på vejen.

But in subordinate clauses, the word order is different, and the subject usually comes before the finite verb:

• ... hvor bilen kørte

So:

• main clause: Bilen kørte
• subordinate clause: hvor bilen kørte

This is a very important Danish pattern.

Kørte is the past tense of køre = to drive.

It is used because the sentence refers to a specific event that already happened: the car drove on that road at some earlier time.

So:

• køre = to drive
• kører = drives / is driving
• kørte = drove / was driving

In this context, the past tense fits naturally because the speaker is asking someone to record details about an incident or completed event.

It can correspond to either, depending on the variety of English.

• In American English, license plate is the usual term.
• In British English, number plate is more common.

So Danish nummerplade covers the same basic idea: the plate on a vehicle showing its registration number.

That is why learners may see different English translations for the same Danish word.