"Nu är det för sent!"
Translation:Now it is too late!
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It's "är det" instead of "det är" because it's preceded by "Nu." Am I correct?
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Right. The verb needs to be in second place in the sentence.
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The word order there doesn't sound very natural. The other order I'd agree with is: "It is too late now"
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I don't think it is too unnatural, like ''Is it now too late to book a room?'' sounds fairly natural to me.
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Ashley, I find "It is now too late" equally acceptable, though it is perhaps not the most common usage these days; it might sound a little more British, in fact. I can imagine myself (and have probably said) "It is now too late to catch the 12:03 train" and so on. [I'm a 60-something American writer, and have lived abroad--Britain (10), Asia (5) and Sweden (2) for the past seventeen years.]
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When the phrase stands by itself.. "It is now too late" isn't as good as the other forms. And your example sounds odd to me; I prefer "Is it too late now to book a room?" or "Is it too late to book a room now?"
Just my opinion as a 29 year old native speaker from the US (12 years east coast, rest of my life on the west). We might just be having regional differences. Ha det så bra!
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Again, I guess this is the adjective instead of the adverb form in this sentence?
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if i say nu det ar for sent would that be referring to an object? now IT is too late? instead of just referring to like the time is too late
