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| Freja | Tuesday 07th of June 2005 12:39:28 PM |
| Ordstilling - In Danish the word order is relatively fixed
[b]Ligefrem ordstilling - Normal word order[/b] [i]In a normal sentence structure the subject comes before the verb[/i] Pigen sover - The girl is sleeping Han spiser - He is eating [b]Omvendt ordstilling - Inversion[/b] [i]In sentences with inversion, the verb comes before the subject. Inversion is used in questions and in sentences which begin with other elements than the subject, a phrase to indicate time or place relations etc.[/i] Sover pigen? - Is the girl sleeping? [i]Time with normal word order:[/i] Jeg besøgte ham i går - I visited him yesterday [i]Time with inversion:[/i] I går besøgte jeg ham [i]Place with normal word order:[/i] Hun bor i Danmark - She lives in Denmark [i]Place with inversion:[/i] I Danmark bor hun [i]When you use interrogative pronouns, they are always placed at the beginning of the sentence and the verb after it Interrogative pronouns: Hvem, hvad, hvor, hvorfor, hvornår, hvilken/hvilket/hvilke, hvis, hvor længe..[/i] Hvor bor de? - Where do they live? De bor i Sverige - They live in Sweden [i]In sentences where inversion is used and where there are two verbs, the subject must be placed between the verbs[/i] I morgen vil jeg besøge dig - Tomorrow I will visit you [b]Ordstilling i bisætninger - Word order in subordinate clauses[/b] [i]The subordinate clause always has normal word order and must begin with a conjunction[/i] [i]Main clause[/i] Han dansede, og så kørte han hjem - He danced and then he drove home [i]Main and subordinate clause[/i] De tager ikke af sted, hvis det regner - They're not going, if it rains [i]If the subordinate clause comes before the main, inversion is used in the main clause[/i] Hvis det regner, tager de ikke af sted [b]Ordstilling i sætninger med genstandsled - Word order in sentences with direct object[/b] [i]Objects are placed after the subject and the verb in sentences with normal word order. If you want to accentuate the object, it's placed at the beginning of the sentence and inversion is used[/i] [i]Normal word order[/i] I købte et nyt hus - You bought a new house [i]Inversion[/i] Et nyt hus købte I [b]Ordstilling i sætninger med hensynsled - Word order in sentences with indirect object[/b] [i]The indirect object is placed after the subject and the verb and in front of the direct object in sentences with normal word order. If you want to accentuate the indirect object, it's placed at the beginning of the sentence and inversion is used[/i] [i]Normal word order[/i] Drengen gav hende en bog - The boy gave her a book [i]Inversion[/i] Hende gav drengen en bog | |
