Tillægs-spørgsmål til "The Children Went to Sleep": Grammatik-guide

Tillægs-spørgsmål (question tags) omdanner udsagn til spørgsmål. For datid positive udsagn er tagget negativt.

Standard tag

The children went to sleep, didn't they?

  • Mest naturlig, almindelig i samtale
  • Forventer bekræftelse: "Yes, they did."
  • Intonation: faldende = bekræftelse-søgende; stigende = ægte usikkerhed

Mindre almindelig variant

The children went to sleep, did they?

  • Grammatisk gyldig men usædvanlig
  • Implikerer overraskelse, skeptiskhed eller retorisk udfordring
  • "De gik i seng? Did they? (Jeg kan ikke lide tro det)"

Reglen

Positivt udsagn → Negativt tag
Negativt udsagn → Positivt tag

Da "went" er positiv datid, brug "didn't" (negativ hjælpeverb) + subjekt-pronomen "they."

Flere eksempler

  • The baby ate, didn't she?
  • They didn't cry, did they?
  • She's sleeping, isn't she?
  • He wasn't tired, was he?

Specielle tilfælde

  • Imperativer: "Go to sleep, will you?" / "Don't wake the baby, will you?"
  • Let's: "Let's put them down, shall we?"
  • I am: "I'm tired, aren't I?" (ikke "amn't I")

Tillægs-spørgsmål er samtalens lim – de inviterer til forbindelse, ikke kun information.