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Danish sentence structure: adverbial position

 
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Adverbial
S
subject
V
finite verb
adverbial v
infinitive
indirect object prep O
object
til+io adverbial
Han skriver altid       breve    
He writes always       letters    
                 
Adverbial constructs are very consistent. They're often different from English, and take a bit of getting used to:
  • Jeg tror snart, han kommer >> I think soon he's coming
  • Jeg tror hellere, jeg vil have en kaffe >> I think rather I'd have a coffee.
  • Jeg håber ikke, han kommer >> I hope not he's coming
    (When speaking English, Danish speakers wil often say I don't hope he's coming).

 

Other adverbials include aldrig (never), ofte, tit (often), somme tider (sometimes), sjældent (seldom), snart (soon), etc.