Questions & Answers about Jeg går ikke i skole mere.
Why is it går here? Doesn’t that literally mean walk?
Yes, gå often means to walk, but it also has a wider meaning in Danish, similar to go in English.
In the expression gå i skole, it means to attend school or to be in school, not literally to walk to school.
So:
- Jeg går i skole = I go to school / I attend school
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere = I don’t go to school anymore
This is a fixed, very common expression.
Why is it i skole and not til skole?
Because gå i skole is the standard Danish expression for to go to school / attend school.
Even though English uses to, Danish uses i in this idiom. You should learn gå i skole as a whole phrase.
Compare:
- gå i skole = attend school
- gå på universitetet = attend university
- gå på arbejde = go to work
Prepositions often do not match English directly, so this is something to memorize as a set phrase.
Why is there no article before skole?
In Danish, certain activities and institutions often appear without an article when you mean the general function of the place.
So i skole means at school / in school in a general sense, not in the school building as a specific place.
Compare:
- Jeg går i skole = I attend school / I’m in school
- Jeg går ind i skolen = I go into the school
The first is about your status or activity. The second is about a specific building.
Why does ikke come after går?
In a normal main clause, Danish usually places ikke after the finite verb.
So:
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere
Structure:
- Jeg = subject
- går = finite verb
- ikke = not
This is standard Danish word order in main clauses.
You can compare:
- Jeg spiser ikke kød = I do not eat meat
- Han bor ikke her = He does not live here
What exactly does mere mean here?
Here, mere means anymore or no longer.
So ikke ... mere means not ... anymore.
Examples:
- Jeg bor ikke her mere = I don’t live here anymore
- Hun arbejder ikke her mere = She doesn’t work here anymore
Be careful: mere can also mean more in other contexts, but here, because it follows a negated statement, it means anymore.
Could I also say længere instead of mere?
Yes, very often you can.
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere
- Jeg går ikke i skole længere
Both can mean I don’t go to school anymore.
In many contexts, længere may sound a bit more formal or explicit, while mere is very common in everyday speech. In spoken Danish, ikke ... mere is extremely common.
Is Jeg går present tense? Why is present tense used for anymore?
Yes, går is the present tense of gå.
Danish often uses the present tense for things that are generally true now, including current habits or situations.
So Jeg går ikke i skole mere means that now it is true that you no longer attend school.
It is not about a single moment of movement. It is about your current situation.
Could this sentence mean I’m not going to school today anymore?
Normally, no. The most natural interpretation is:
I no longer attend school.
That is, you have finished school or are not a student anymore.
If you wanted to talk about today or a specific trip, Danish would usually make that clearer, for example with time words or a different structure.
So by default, gå i skole is understood as attend school, not make a trip to school right now.
Can mere go somewhere else in the sentence?
It is most natural at the end here:
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere
That is the usual placement.
You may sometimes hear different placement for emphasis in longer sentences, but for learners, the safest pattern is:
subject + verb + ikke + rest + mere
Examples:
- Jeg spiser ikke kød mere
- Han bor ikke i Aarhus mere
Would Jeg går mere ikke i skole be correct?
No, that would be incorrect.
In this sentence, mere belongs with the negation idea not anymore, so it should not go before ikke.
Correct:
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere
Think of ikke ... mere as working together to express no longer / not anymore.
Could I say Jeg går ikke på skole mere?
In standard Danish, gå i skole is the normal expression.
So the expected sentence is:
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere
Using på skole would usually sound wrong or at least nonstandard in this meaning. For a learner, it is best to stick with gå i skole.
How would the word order change in a subordinate clause?
In a subordinate clause, ikke usually comes before the finite verb.
Main clause:
- Jeg går ikke i skole mere
Subordinate clause:
- Han siger, at jeg ikke går i skole mere
= He says that I don’t go to school anymore.
So this is a useful contrast:
- Main clause: jeg går ikke
- Subordinate clause: jeg ikke går
Is this sentence formal or informal?
It is completely normal, natural Danish. It works well in everyday speech and in writing.
If you want a slightly more formal variant, you might use længere:
- Jeg går ikke i skole længere
But Jeg går ikke i skole mere is very common and idiomatic.
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