Det ser ud til, at vejarbejdet fortsætter hele ugen, så vi må vælge en anden vej i morgen.

It looks like the road work continues all week, so we have to choose another road tomorrow.

Breakdown of Det ser ud til, at vejarbejdet fortsætter hele ugen, så vi må vælge en anden vej i morgen.

• vi: we
• i morgen: tomorrow
• så: so
• ugen: the week

Questions & Answers about Det ser ud til, at vejarbejdet fortsætter hele ugen, så vi må vælge en anden vej i morgen.

Why does the sentence begin with Det ser ud til?

Det ser ud til is a very common Danish expression meaning it looks like or it seems that.

• det = it
• ser ud til = looks like / seems

In this sentence, det is a dummy subject, just like English it in It seems that... It does not refer to a specific thing.

So:

• Det ser ud til, at... = It looks like / It seems that...

You will hear this pattern a lot in Danish.

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Why is there at after Det ser ud til?

Here at means that and introduces a subordinate clause.

So the structure is:

• Det ser ud til, at vejarbejdet fortsætter hele ugen
• It looks like that the roadwork continues all week

In natural English, we often omit that, but in Danish it is very normal to include at in this kind of sentence.

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Why is vejarbejdet one long word?