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After completing this lesson you will be able to:

• Talk about your Danish skills
• Talk about your nationality
• Talk about employment
• Explain why you are in Denmark

Verbs are identical in person, both in singular and plural.

Present tense is usually made by putting -r on the infinitive.

If the infinitive ends in -e then the present tense form is -er, for instance hedder.

If the infinitive ends in a different vowel, the present tense form becomes -r, for instance -bor

Some verbs are irregular, for instance have and være.

Word order in Danish is very similar to English, with one important exception: in Danish the verb is almost always placed in second position in a sentence, also called the V2 rule. Before the verb you can find the subject, object or adverbial, but always only one of them. 

However, in yes/no questions and direct commands, we say that the first spot is empty:

• Jeg taler dansk (I speak Danish)
• Hvad laver du i Vejle? (What are you doing in Vejle?)
• I morgen tager han på museum (Tomorrow he is going to the museum)
• Kommer du i morgen? (Are you coming tomorrow?) (yes/no question)

If you want to know if a person speaks a particular language, ask:

As in English, kan du + verb  (can you/do you) can be answered with jeg kan + verb (I can/I do) in Danish.  

Instead of nej, you can use desværre, which means unfortunately not.

Names of languages end in: -sk: , dansk, engelsk; tysk, fransk, etc.-sk

Language adjectives also end in -sk: "en amerikansk mand." "En afrikansk kvinde."

Danish uses initial capitals in names of countries: England, Danmark, Spanien, etc.

Nationalities and languages are written in lower case: engelsk, dansk, spansk, etc.

Say you are Danish:

As a foreigner you will often be asked why you are in Denmark. Here are some typical reasons:

If you want to know where someone lives, ask:

When you need to say where you live, you say

If a person knows the city, you can be more precise:

If you have to ask a stranger about something, it is polite to say undskyld as an initiation.

Danish differentiates between:

Ental (singular): min bog and

Flertal(plural): mine bøger and

Køn (gender) min bog / mit hus

This is only relevant for 1st and 2nd person

Min and din are used with common nouns (-en):

Mit and dit are used with neuter nouns (-et):

Mine and dine are used for plural:

You have already learned to say bede om as in the sentence jeg vil gerne bede om.

When you say the address of an apartment, you say:

The name of the street; house number; floor; whether you live to the right or left; Zip code.

Example: Storegade 12, 2 t.v. 7100 Vejle (t.v. = til venstre)

When you say the address of a house, you do not say floor or side.

When you need to provide information, you say: