"The woman goes abroad this summer."

Translation: Kvinden tager udenlands til sommer.

[hoyastang]

why is it kvinden tager rather than kvinden går

[Ems22340]

Why is it "TIL sommer"? Wouldn't that mean "until Summer"?

[anyom]

not really. Til can sometimes be used to mean 'this' if it is used with a season or a month. Til vinter = this winter, Til marts = this march.

[Ems22340]

How would you say "until summer", then?

[anyom]

Indtil sommer

[FabianRxse]

This is strange

[Gylej-Gulay]

So kvinden tager udenlands denne sommer is wrong?

[ChristineR860145]

Why is it "udenlands" not "udenland"? Also, should Kvinden går be accepted?

[MIW245]

If you were to say kvinden går, then you would be saying that the woman walks abroad. Danish word for go is different to english. most of the time they actually mean to walk when they say går. tager is a way of saying you will transfer yourself to that specific place.

p.s I'm far from a danish expert, but maybe this helps a little!

[imcturk1]

Should be "Kvinden tager til udlandet til sommer" or "Kvinden tager til udlandet denne sommer"

[FabianRxse]

Isn't it strange that the verb "tager" means "take" and also "go"? Can we use "skal" in this case?

[e_watto]

So in this sense, could you compare the German "fahren" to "tager" and "gehen" to "går"?

[Heithr]

Hvorfor ikke går?