{"id":928,"date":"2013-05-10T05:25:33","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T05:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=928"},"modified":"2013-05-10T05:25:33","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T05:25:33","slug":"how-to-get-directions-from-a-dropped-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/05\/10\/how-to-get-directions-from-a-dropped-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get directions from a dropped letter"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>When you want to tell the world where you are, prepositions come handy: I\u2019m in<\/em> the garden; we\u2019re on <\/em>the beach. (And so it is in Danish: Jeg er i<\/em> haven; vi er p\u00e5<\/em> stranden.<\/strong>) However, very often some kind of adverb can do the job as well: I\u2019m home<\/em>; we\u2019re out<\/em>. Jeg er hjemm<\/strong>e<\/strong>; vi er ud<\/strong>e<\/strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

You\u2019ll notice that a lot of these locational adverbs end in -e <\/em><\/strong>in Danish. In addition to hjemme<\/strong> [YEMMeh] and ude <\/strong>[OOtheh], you\u2019ve got:<\/p>\n

– inde<\/strong> (in, inside), as in Hun sidder inde i stuen<\/strong> (she\u2019s sitting in the living-room)<\/p>\n

– oppe<\/strong> (up), as in Vi var oppe hele natten<\/strong> (We stayed up all night)<\/p>\n

– nede<\/strong> (down), as in Kartoflerne er nede i jorden<\/strong> (The potatoes are down in the earth)<\/p>\n

– henne <\/strong>(\u201dat a distance\u201d), as in Han sover henne hos naboen<\/strong> (He sleeps [over there] at the neighbour\u2019s place)<\/p>\n

– omme<\/strong> (\u201dat a closer distance\u201d), as in Den ligger omme bag huset <\/strong>(It lies [right there] behind the house)<\/p>\n

– fremme<\/strong> (in front), as in \u00d8lflaskerne st\u00e5r altid fremme<\/strong> (the beer bottles are always on display [\u201din front\u201d])<\/p>\n

But what if you wanted to say you were going<\/em> home rather than being home? In Danish there\u2019s a really nice trick you can use to tweak the meaning of the above words into something more directional<\/em>: You just remove the final -e<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

– G\u00e5 <\/strong>hjem<\/strong>! <\/strong>(Go home!)<\/p>\n

– Kom <\/strong>ud<\/strong>!<\/strong> (Come out(side)!)<\/p>\n

– Hun g\u00e5r <\/strong>ind<\/strong> i stuen<\/strong> (She\u2019s going into the living-room)<\/p>\n

– Han st\u00e5r <\/strong>op<\/strong> (He gets up)<\/p>\n

– De s\u00e6tter sig <\/strong>ned<\/strong> (They sit down)<\/p>\n

– Vi tager <\/strong>hen<\/strong> til naboen <\/strong>(We\u2019re going to the neighbour\u2019s place [in that direction])<\/p>\n

– De kom <\/strong>om<\/strong> bag huset<\/strong> (They came to the back of the house)<\/p>\n

– Kom <\/strong>frem<\/strong>!<\/strong> (Come forth!)<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Neat, huh? \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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When you want to tell the world where you are, prepositions come handy: I\u2019m in the garden; we\u2019re on the beach. (And so it is in Danish: Jeg er i haven; vi er p\u00e5 stranden.) However, very often some kind of adverb can do the job as well: I\u2019m home; we\u2019re out. Jeg er hjemme…<\/p>\n

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