Haven´t we all tried learning about word order and scratched our heads wondering; “Why on Earth is this useful to learn?” ?

The reason why you receive instruction in word order is that it teaches you how to put together sentences. And sentences are necessary for us to communicate with each other.

It is through sentences that we make contact and interact with people. And it is through sentences that we say things to other people that they are able to understand.

What characterises a sentence is that it starts with a subject, followed by a verb.

We don’t just say:

“Solen” = The Sun
   (S)

But we say:

“Solen skinner” = The Sun is shining
  (S)——(V)

 

We don’t just say:

“Det” = It
 (S)

But we say:

“Det regner” = It is raining
  (S)—(V)

The good thing about constructing sentences in Danish is that all you need to do is to start off with a subject, then add a verb, and the rest of the words will find their natural place.


“Solen skinner måske.” = The Sun is maybe shining.

“Solen skinner altid.” = The Sun is always shining.

“Solen skinner hver eneste dag.” = The Sun is shining every single day.


Even better it is that nearly all present tense verbs end with +er, regardless of who or what is performing the action.

You should give it a try. Get a verblist and start to write some sentences.