Hun kommer altid punktligt til mødet.

Danish often uses the present tense for habitual actions, just like English does in sentences such as She always arrives on time.

So Hun kommer altid punktligt til mødet means that this is her usual behavior, not necessarily something happening right now.

• kommer = present tense of at komme
• here it means comes / arrives

This is normal Danish word order in a main clause.

Danish is a V2 language, which means the finite verb usually comes in the second position. After that, adverbs like altid often follow.

So the pattern is:

• Hun = subject
• kommer = finite verb
• altid = adverb

That is why you get:

• Hun kommer altid ...

and not:

• Hun altid kommer ... in a normal main clause

Punktligt is functioning as an adverb here, describing how she comes/arrives.

It is related to the adjective punktlig = punctual.

In Danish, many adjectives take -t when used adverbially:

• punktlig = punctual
• punktligt = punctually / in a punctual way

So:

• Hun er punktlig = She is punctual.
• Hun kommer punktligt = She arrives punctually.

They are close, but not always identical.

• punktligt = punctually, exactly on time
• til tiden = on time

In many everyday situations, both can work. But punktligt can sound a bit more formal or a bit more focused on exact punctuality.

Examples:

• Hun kommer til tiden = She arrives on time.
• Hun kommer punktligt = She arrives punctually.

Both are natural, but punktligt stresses punctual behavior a little more.

Because til is the preposition that goes with komme when you mean come to a place or event.

So:

• komme til mødet = come to the meeting

Without til, the structure would not work the same way.

Compare:

• Hun kommer til mødet = She comes to the meeting.
• Hun deltager i mødet = She participates in the meeting.

Danish often uses different prepositions depending on the verb.

Mødet is the definite form of møde.

• et møde = a meeting
• mødet = the meeting

Using mødet suggests that the meeting is specific or already known from the context.

So the sentence is talking about the meeting, not just any meeting in general.

Yes. In Danish, at komme often covers meanings that English splits between come and arrive, depending on context.

So in this sentence, kommer is best understood as:

• comes
• or more naturally in English, arrives

Because of punktligt and til mødet, the idea is clearly about arriving at the meeting.

That would sound unnatural in normal Danish.

The most natural order is:

• Hun kommer altid punktligt til mødet.

Danish usually places adverbs like altid fairly early in the sentence, after the finite verb in a main clause. The phrase til mødet is a prepositional phrase and normally comes later.

So while Danish word order can sometimes vary for emphasis, the given sentence is the standard and natural version.

In a yes/no question, Danish usually puts the verb before the subject.

So:

• Kommer hun altid punktligt til mødet?

That means:

• Does she always arrive punctually at the meeting?

This is a common word-order change in Danish:

• statement: Hun kommer ...
• question: Kommer hun ...

Yes. In a subordinate clause, Danish does not use the same V2 order as in a main clause.

Main clause:

• Hun kommer altid punktligt til mødet.

Subordinate clause:

• ... fordi hun altid kommer punktligt til mødet.

Notice that altid now comes before kommer in the subordinate clause:

• fordi hun altid kommer ...

This is a very important difference between Danish main clauses and subordinate clauses.