Word
Det ser ut til at barna ikke vil ha sitron i vannet, så de vil heller ha saft.
Meaning
It looks as if the children do not want lemon in the water, so they would rather have juice.
Part of speech
sentence
Pronunciation
Course
Lesson
Breakdown of Det ser ut til at barna ikke vil ha sitron i vannet, så de vil heller ha saft.
ha
to have
vannet
the water
barnet
the child
i
in
Questions & Answers about Det ser ut til at barna ikke vil ha sitron i vannet, så de vil heller ha saft.
What does det ser ut til at mean, and how is it built?
Det ser ut til at means it looks like or it seems that.
It is a very common Norwegian pattern:
- det = it
- ser ut = looks / appears
- til at = introduces the clause that follows
So Det ser ut til at barna ... means It looks like the children ...
You should learn ser ut til at as a fixed expression. It often works like English it seems that.
Why does the sentence start with det if it does not refer to anything specific?
Here det is a dummy subject, just like English it in:
- It seems that...
- It is raining
- It is important to learn this
The det does not point to a concrete thing. It is simply required by the grammar of the sentence.
So in Det ser ut til at ..., det is grammatical, not meaningful in a concrete way.
Why is it barna and not barn?