Er der stadig et ledigt bord på caféen i aften?

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Breakdown of Er der stadig et ledigt bord på caféen i aften?

• være: to be
• bordet: the table
• der: there

Questions & Answers about Er der stadig et ledigt bord på caféen i aften?

Why does the sentence start with Er der?

Because er der is the standard Danish way to ask an existence question: Is there / Are there ...?

• Der er et bord. = There is a table.
• Er der et bord? = Is there a table?

Here:

• er = is
• der = the there used in there is / there are

So Er der stadig et ledigt bord ...? literally follows the same pattern as Is there still a free table ...?

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What does stadig mean here?

Stadig means still.

So the sentence is asking whether the situation is unchanged:

• Er der stadig et ledigt bord ...?
• Is there still an available table ...?

It suggests that a table may have been available earlier, and the speaker wants to know whether that is still true now.

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Why is it et ledigt bord and not en ledig bord?