"The restaurant was being filled with people when it became evening."
Translation:Restauranten fyldtes med mennesker da det blev aften.
October 14, 2014
3 Comments
I really hoped I would have 'got it' by this late stage in the course, but apparently not. Why is it det, not den? Restaurant is common, as is aften, so why the neuter-form 'it'?
January 8, 2018
ycUvuSap
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It is a formal subject, like in the English "It is raining.". Det it used as the formal subject.
April 20, 2018
