"Hun taler flydende spansk."
Translation:She speaks fluent Spanish.
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How can we tell whether it's 'flydende' is an adjective (and so 'fluent Spanish') or whether it is an adverb (as in 'speaks fluently')?
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I can't. I just looked it up. http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=flydende&search=S%C3%B8g
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It is created from the verb: flyde (float), the 'Spanish' language is floating (on her tongue). .
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Or that the Spanish flows freely from her.
That is how I always understood it. Flyde also means flow.
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That is a realy good question.
Normaly danish verbs made into adverbs end in -t and english adverbs end in -ly
But flydende does not have a -t form so no help there
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And both she speaks spanish fluently and she speaks fluent spanish translates to hun taler flydende dansk
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Adverb, you can also say 'hun taler spansk flydende', which would translate to 'she speaks spanish fluently
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I think DL English 'always' uses 'speak' together with a certain language, 'speak English' etc.
