Questions & Answers about Hvis vejret er dårligt, bliver vi hjemme.
Why does the sentence start with hvis?
Hvis means if. It introduces a condition:
- Hvis vejret er dårligt = If the weather is bad
- bliver vi hjemme = we stay at home
So the whole sentence is a standard if-clause + main clause structure.
Why is it vejret and not just vejr?
Vejr means weather, while vejret means the weather.
In Danish, abstract things like weather are often spoken about with the definite form when you mean the weather in general or the weather in a particular situation:
- vejret = the weather
So Hvis vejret er dårligt is the natural way to say If the weather is bad.
Why is it dårligt and not dårlig?
Because vejr is a neuter noun in Danish, and adjectives used with er must agree with the noun.
- common gender: dårlig
- neuter: dårligt
Since vejr is neuter, you say:
- vejret er dårligt
This is similar to other neuter nouns:
- et hus er stort = a house is big
- vejret er dårligt = the weather is bad
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