"Familien prøver på onsdag."

Translation: The family will try on Wednesday.

[faith46]

"The family will try on Wednesday". Is this really the present tense?

[Frederikbr]

It is uncommon to use the future tense of verbs in Danish. Often present tense of a verb + a preposition that indicates time will just be used. So, I think that the English translation into future tense is okay.

[edalgas]

Good to know. Thanks.

[Peter68738]

Actually, there is no future tense form of verbs in dansk. I agree with the rest of your post.

[ChathanNang]

English doesnt have future tense verbs either. We precede verbs with 'will'

[Courier995]

Trying what? Sorry but I am not sure of the meaning at all

[jamesdolanduck]

They try. They try to act like a family

[tonkotsuLover]

Whatever is in the context. "Will you try rock climbing?" "We'll try it on Wednesday"

[DavidHarri227108]

I agree that it is an odd, out of context sentence. It could refer to anything, really. Maybe they are talking about getting tickets for a popular event or something, and the response is that the family is going to try for that on Wednesday.

[Lucia990165]

Is it possible to translate "The family tries on Wednesday"?

[Magda835502]

That answer is accepted.

[sll-ttt]

For you maybe, but not for me

[5fvr7]

Can I say Jeg prøver tøj på

[Thomas0316]

These sentences that would never ever be uttered really make me question my hearing.

[Marty62203]

Interesting that this Germanic language borrows "på" from Russian ("по") meaning "on."