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Når turen er slut, lægger jeg kortet ved siden af navigationen og går ind for at drikke kaffe.
Meaning
When the trip is over, I put the map next to the navigation and go inside to drink coffee.
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Breakdown of Når turen er slut, lægger jeg kortet ved siden af navigationen og går ind for at drikke kaffe.
jeg
I
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være
to be
ved siden af
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Questions & Answers about Når turen er slut, lægger jeg kortet ved siden af navigationen og går ind for at drikke kaffe.
Why does the sentence start with Når, and what exactly does it mean here?
Når means when in the sense of whenever / at the time that.
In this sentence, Når turen er slut means When the trip is over.
A useful contrast is:
- når = when, whenever, as a general or future situation
- da = when, at that time, usually about a specific event in the past
So if you are talking about a routine or a future-like situation, når is natural here.
Why is it turen and not just tur?
Turen is the definite form of tur, so it means the trip rather than just a trip / trip.
Danish usually adds the definite article to the end of the noun:
- en tur = a trip
- turen = the trip
So Når turen er slut literally means When the trip is finished / over.
Why is it er slut and not something like er færdig?