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Notice the preposition:

When you talk about using a means of transportation, you use the verb "tage."

• "Jeg tager bussen ind til byen."
• "Vi tog flyet til Paris."
• "Peter tager bilen."

If you want to know how a person gets around, ask:

You can also ask more  specifically:

You can use different means of transportation to get to different places:

If you want to be sure you get a taxi, then call one. In rural areas it is imperative to call for one. In the cities it is often possible to catch a taxi in the street or elsewhere. All taxis run by meter. When you call for a taxi, they ask for your name and ask where you are going. They also tell you how long you need to wait. Most companies send you a text message 5 minutes before they arrive. You can also book a taxi via an app.

The table shows some of the common time adverbials

Some of the most commonly used time adverbials are:

Notice the similarity between:

Learn the terms that are approproate for: before, during and after an event:

In Danish you say that you like something, by saying that you love it. In Danish you can love everything from a person to chocolate, to sleeping in in the morning.

You can express love for a person, a thing or just in general:

You can also say you like something. It's not as strong as saying you love it.

If there is something you dislike, then the polite, slightly formal, way of saying it is by using the "I don't care for it," construction:

A more informal way of expressing it is, "jeg kan ikke lide det."

In Danish you borrow things:

If you want to borrow something: "må jeg låne..."

You can also lend something to somebody else by saying "du kan låne,"or by asking if the person wants to borrow it. 

When you have borrowed something and give it back again, you say:

When somebody says "tak for lån," you say: