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- "Ved du, om børnene leger?"
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essentially 'om' in this sentence means 'whether' - this makes it easier to distinguish between 'hvis' and 'om'?
ah wonderful...as a German student, I know how to choose Om vs Hvis, since in German it exists the "dual If" as well: Ob & Wenn...If it could be handy for you, when I was studying German, I was taught that Ob (in Danish Om) is used when there could be a choice of Yes or Not e.g. ""I wonder: is she playing or isn't she playing?"" becomes ""I wonder IF she is playing (or not)"". Therefore this example of IF is the Om. Am I wrong? Let me know.;-) Tak!
as a German I thank you SO MUCH for this enlightenment!! (I never understood the difference between "om" and "hvis" but now it all makes sense. have a lingot ^^)
Because here, the comma separates the main clause (sentance) : ved du, from the subordinate clause. A comma followed by a konjunction or preposition, separates sentances in a phrase.
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The audio doesn't always sound correct. I'm from Denmark. They should pronounce all the letters in 'børnene' more clearly.
"vil" would make sense if the sentence was
"Vil du at børnene leger?"
This would mean "Do you want the children to play?"
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After the previous lesson, keeping track of multiple meanings for ved and om are going to be fun.
If you can you should show if as an option, I would have never guessed that I should use 'if' here
I’m beginning to understand that the commas separate phrases in the sentences. Other than that I really can’t guess why they’re used.
