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That's a "the dog ate my homework" type of thing. Danish excuses apparently blame cats.
Yes, "grundet katten" is an adverbial phrase here, and when they get moved to the front of the sentence, the subject and verb swap places
I may be jumping the gun or just rusty here…but if you were to ask, "Because of the cat, is it impossible?" would it just be "Grundet katten det er umuligt?"
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You would either go with the proper order of "Er det umuligt grundet katten?" or, if you want to make that odd train of thought, "Grundet katten, er det umuligt?" The punctuation is the crucial part here. :>
I would rather say that when you put one or several words in the place of the subject, the subject moves to that place. They swap around the verb.
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The subject always goes right behind the verb in those cases, even if the phrase you put in the front comes from further away.
- Jan har sparket meget hårdt til mig i dag.
- I dag har Jan sparket meget hårdt til mig.
No. The word 'grundet' has a businesslike tone to it, so you won't normally hear it. So don't worry that much about it ^_^ You could use 'på grund af' instead, so it would be 'på grund af katten er det umuligt'.
Would 'på grund af' be like 'on account of' then? Is it more likely to be used?
I'm not sure I understand your response to the question of can "fordi" be used rather than grundet. You say "grundet has a businesslike tone to it, so you won't normally hear it." Does that mean that fordi is used more often? I am confused because you begin with the answer No but then describe a yes answer. Could you clarify a bit more?
I think Nickelbacker means that you can't really use "fordi" here, because it's a conjunction (and so connects two clauses) whereas "på grund af" (sometimes written as "pga") acts more like a preposition
I second that. I have been in Denmark for a year and a half and I have never heard that word until I started using duo lingo.
It does! 'Aren't you going on vacation this summer?' 'No, because of the cat that is impossible.'
Is 'according to the kat' an option also? It would be a bit Alice in Wonderlandish, but it's Duo..... Just wonder about the option.
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No. If you're talking about the cat stating something, you'd say "ifølge katten".
Ifølge loven - according to the law
