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.
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 4/6 · Building sentences
Build a sentence
Put the words in order.
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
