De s\u00e6lger ikke cola. <\/b>(They don\u2019t sell cola.) S\u00e6lger de ikke cola?<\/b> (Don\u2019t they sell cola?)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n See? The main verb jumps up front, while ikke<\/b> politely stays in the line\u2026<\/p>\n
Fortunately, most Danes will understand you even if you place ikke<\/b> a little off. Otherwise, I think that Dependent Clauses would make students run away screaming! \ud83d\ude42 (There are 2 DC\u2019s in the phrase I think THAT she told me WHEN she would get back.<\/i>) Behold the marvel:<\/p>\n\nDet regner ikke hele sommeren. <\/b>(It doesn\u2019t rain all summer long.) Jeg ved at det ikke regner hele sommeren! <\/b>(I know that it doesn\u2019t rain all summer long! \u2013 Yes, some people would put a comma after <\/i>ved<\/i><\/b> \u2013 which is optional here\u2026<\/i>) <\/b><\/li>\nBremserne virker ikke. <\/b> (The brakes don\u2019t work.) Vi tror at bremserne ikke virker. <\/b>(We believe that the brakes don\u2019t work.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n In case you wonder, the flipflop (virker ikke > ikke virker<\/b> etc.) has a lot to do with inversion<\/i> \u2013 a strange twist in Danish grammar \u2013 but that\u2019s for another blog post!<\/p>\n
Now, place ikke<\/b> the right place in these three sentences:<\/p>\n\nVi __ mangler __ gode ideer. <\/b>(We don\u2019t lack good ideas.)<\/p>\n
__ mangler __ vi __ gode ideer?<\/b><\/p>\n
Jeg ved at __ vi __ mangler __ gode ideer.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Yes, that\u2019s right! \ud83d\ude42 Not bad (ikke d\u00e5rligt<\/b>)!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ikke (not) phrases are often called negative phrases \u2013 even if some of them have a very positive meaning: Vi vil ikke have mere vold! (We don\u2019t want any more violence!) Sometimes, though, even the most positive negative sentence can drive a poor language-learner mad: Where do(n\u2019t) I put ikke? Let\u2019s take some simple…<\/p>\n
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