Selvom hun er meget beskeden, er min tante også generøs med sin tid og hjælper os ofte.

Selvom means although / even though and introduces a subordinate clause.

In this sentence, Selvom hun er meget beskeden is the although-clause, and the rest is the main clause.

A useful thing to notice is:

• Selvom hun er meget beskeden = subordinate clause
• er min tante også generøs med sin tid og hjælper os ofte = main clause

So selvom is not just vocabulary; it also affects word order in the sentence.

This is a very common Danish word order pattern.

Danish main clauses usually follow the verb-second rule. That means the finite verb must come in the second position of the main clause.

Here, the whole subordinate clause Selvom hun er meget beskeden takes the first position. So the finite verb of the main clause, er, must come next:

• Selvom hun er meget beskeden, er min tante også generøs ...

If there were no opening subordinate clause, it would be:

• Min tante er også generøs med sin tid ...

So the inversion happens because something else has been placed first.

Because it agrees with the subject.

Here, hun refers to a person, and the adjective is in the form used for a singular common-gender subject:

• hun er beskeden

If the subject were neuter, you would use beskedent:

• det er beskedent

So:

• beskeden = common gender singular
• beskedent = neuter singular
• beskedne = plural or definite form in many contexts

Here beskeden means modest, humble, or unassuming.

It describes someone who does not show off or talk proudly about themselves.

Depending on context, beskeden can also mean something like small, limited, or modest in size/amount, but in this sentence it is clearly about personality.

Because Danish uses the reflexive possessive sin/sit/sine when the possessor is the subject of the same clause.

Here, the subject is min tante, and the time belongs to min tante, so Danish uses sin:

• min tante ... er generøs med sin tid

That means her own time.

If you said hendes tid, it would usually suggest someone else’s time, or it could sound contrastive or less natural here.

A simple rule:

• sin/sit/sine = the subject’s own
• hendes/hans/deres = someone else’s

Because sin has to agree with the noun being possessed, not with the owner.

The possessed noun here is tid, and tid is a common-gender singular noun, so the correct form is sin:

• sin tid

Compare:

• sin bog = her/his own book
• sit hus = her/his own house
• sine venner = her/his own friends

So the forms are:

• sin for common gender singular
• sit for neuter singular
• sine for plural

Yes, it is a very common expression.

At være generøs med sin tid means to be generous with one’s time. In other words, the person willingly gives time and attention to other people.

So it does not mean literally handing over time; it means being willing to spend time helping, listening, visiting, or doing things for others.

Because the same subject is understood for both parts.

The sentence says:

• er min tante også generøs med sin tid
• og hjælper os ofte

Both actions belong to min tante, so Danish does not need to repeat the subject.

This works just like in English:

• My aunt is generous with her time and helps us often

You could repeat the subject, but it would usually sound unnecessary here.

In a normal main clause, Danish often places også after the finite verb, and after the subject when inversion has happened.

Compare:

• Min tante er også generøs ...
• Selvom hun er meget beskeden, er min tante også generøs ...

Because the sentence begins with the selvom clause, the word order changes, but også still appears in its usual main-clause position after the subject.

Here it means also / too, adding another quality of the aunt.

In neutral Danish, short object pronouns like os often come before an adverbial like ofte.

So hjælper os ofte sounds very natural.

That gives:

• verb: hjælper
• object pronoun: os
• adverb: ofte

You may see other word orders in special contexts for emphasis, but hjælper os ofte is the normal, natural phrasing here.

Because the opening subordinate clause ends there.

The comma separates:

• Selvom hun er meget beskeden from
• er min tante også generøs med sin tid og hjælper os ofte

So the comma marks the boundary between the subordinate clause and the main clause. This is standard Danish punctuation.