Grammar Notes: Lesson: Danish Sentence Analysis Sentence: En skål med blåbær. Disse frugter er en fremragende kilde til C-vitamin. ### Word-by-Word Breakdown: 1. En - Meaning: A/An - Grammar: Indefinite article (common gender, singular). - Infinitive: N/A (article, no infinitive). 2. skål - Meaning: Bowl - Grammar: Noun (common gender, singular). - Infinitive: N/A (noun, no infinitive). 3. med - Meaning: With - Grammar: Preposition. - Infinitive: N/A (preposition, no infinitive). 4. blåbær - Meaning: Blueberries - Grammar: Noun (neuter gender, plural). - Infinitive: N/A (noun, no infinitive). 5. Disse - Meaning: These - Grammar: Demonstrative pronoun (plural). - Infinitive: N/A (pronoun, no infinitive). 6. frugter - Meaning: Fruits - Grammar: Noun (common gender, plural). - Infinitive: N/A (noun, no infinitive). 7. er - Meaning: Are - Grammar: Verb (present tense of "at være" – to be). - Infinitive: at være (to be). 8. en - Meaning: A/An - Grammar: Indefinite article (common gender, singular). - Infinitive: N/A (article, no infinitive). 9. fremragende - Meaning: Excellent - Grammar: Adjective. - Infinitive: N/A (adjective, no infinitive). 10. kilde - Meaning: Source - Grammar: Noun (common gender, singular). - Infinitive: N/A (noun, no infinitive). 11. til - Meaning: To/For - Grammar: Preposition. - Infinitive: N/A (preposition, no infinitive). 12. C-vitamin - Meaning: Vitamin C - Grammar: Noun (neuter gender, singular). - Infinitive: N/A (noun, no infinitive). ### Grammar Tip: In Danish, the word order in a sentence is typically Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). For example: - Disse frugter (Subject) er (Verb) en fremragende kilde (Object). Adjectives in Danish must agree in gender and number with the noun they describe. For example: - En fremragende kilde (common gender, singular). - Fremragende frugter (plural). ### Related Words: - bær (berries) – Singular form of "blåbær." - frugt (fruit) – Singular form of "frugter." - vitamin (vitamin) – General term, not specific to "C-vitamin." - at spise (to eat) – Verb related to consuming fruits. - sund (healthy) – Adjective related to the benefits of fruits. |
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