Module 4Grammar reviewPremium
Danish in everyday situations
Reviews practise both sides: wherever Lukas and Lena would say something differently, you do it once as each.
Hans / hendes / deres
Use , and for his, her and their.
These forms do not change with the noun: , , .
Danish distinguishes maternal and paternal grandparents in common family words: and are the mother’s parents; and are the father’s.
Learn and irregular plural .
Den tiende juli
Say , rather than an English word-for-word age expression.
Dates use an ordinal after : , .
Months are written with a lower-case initial.
Say for the coming Saturday, for Saturdays generally.
Et lille gammelt hus
Adjectives can come before nouns or after .
Keep noun agreement: , , . loses the extra vowel in . is the singular form and the plural. Descriptions often use : .
Til mig / en stor gave
introduces the recipient: , , . Adjectives after a possessive or before a definite noun use -e: , .
The definite adjective construction normally uses and a noun without its definite suffix: , not .
Var / havde
The simple past of is and of is , for every subject.
These forms describe an earlier state: , .
A few useful past chunks may have appeared in the story; practise the two core forms here first. means married and does not change for a male or female person in this use.
Practice 1/6 · Finding words
Notice the pattern
Tap the form practised in this unit.
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It is her son.
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I am thirty years old.
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It is an old town.
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The gift is for me.
Practice 2/6 · The right form
Choose the Danish form
Choose the right word for the gap.
Det er søn.
It is her son.
Jeg er tredive .
I am thirty years old.
Det er en by.
It is an old town.
Gaven er til .
The gift is for me.
Jeg ti år.
I was ten years old.
Det er børn.
They are their children.
Freja bliver på lørdag.
Freja turns ten on Saturday.
Det er huse.
They are old houses.
Practice 3/6 · Fill the gaps
Complete a message
Fill the gaps with the words from the box.
Det er søn.
It is her son.
Det er søn.
It is her son.
Jeg er tredive .
I am thirty years old.
Jeg er tredive .
I am thirty years old.
Det er en by.
It is an old town.
Det er en by.
It is an old town.
Gaven er til .
The gift is for me.
Gaven er til .
The gift is for me.
Jeg ti år.
I was ten years old.
Jeg ti år.
I was ten years old.
Det er børn.
They are their children.
Det er børn.
They are their children.
Freja bliver på lørdag.
Freja turns ten on Saturday.
Freja bliver på lørdag.
Freja turns ten on Saturday.
Det er huse.
They are old houses.
Det er huse.
They are old houses.
Practice 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
Too hard? Listen to the sentence first.
It is her son.
I am thirty years old.
It is an old town.
The gift is for me.
I was ten years old.
They are their children.
Freja turns ten on Saturday.
They are old houses.
Practice 5/6 · In situations
What would you say?
Choose the right words for the situation.
It is her son.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
It is her son.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
I am thirty years old.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
I am thirty years old.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
It is an old town.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
It is an old town.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
The gift is for me.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
The gift is for me.
You say:
Use the meaning and Danish pattern explained here.
Practice 6/6 · Matching
Connect messages and meanings
Match the pairs.
Unit complete
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