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Denne uge læser vi i kapitel 3 i grundbogen. Læs sider 30 til 34.
This week read we in chapter 3 in the textbook. Read pages 30 to 34.
Ja/nej spørgsmål og mere om at købe mad
Yes/no questions and more about buying food
Sider 30-31/Pages 30-31
Dialogue 4
Prices and Quantities
Compare these "templates" or "formulas" for talking about quantities and prices in English and in Danish.
ENGLISH
"[plural noun] + are + [price] + a/per + [quantity]"
[apples] are [$2.00] a/per [pound]
"It costs + [price] + per + [quantity] +of +[plural noun]"
It costs [$2.00] per [pound] of [apples]
DANISH
"[plural noun] + er + [price] + [definite quantity]"
[æbler] er [18 kroner] [kiloet]
"Det koster + [price] + per + [quantity] [ plural noun]"
Det koster [18 kroner] per [kilo] [æbler]
"Definite" Quantity means you use the grammatical "definite" form. That is, put the gender word (en or et) onto the end of the word. Et kilo (a kilo) kiloet (the kilo)
Translation practice
Write down the translations for the following phrases. You can hover over the boxes to see the correct answers.
Bananer er 5 kroner stykket.
Bananas are 5 kroner a piece.
Det koster 20 kr. per gram.
It costs 20 kroner per gram.
Løg er 10 kr. per pose.
Onions are 10 kroner per bag.
et stykke - a piece
stk. = stykke
en pose - a bag
en liter - a liter
et kilo - a kilogram
kr. = kroner
pr. = per
Ordforråd/Vocabulary
Gulerødder er 32 kr. kiloet.
Carrots are 32 kroner per kilo.
Det koster 3 kr. pr. stk.
It costs 3 kroner a piece.
Kartofler koster 20 kr. per kilo.
Potatoes cost 20 kroner per kilo.
Æblejuice er 23 kr. literen.
Apple juice is 23 kroner a liter.
Practicing JA and JO
Listen for these words in the audio track below: IKKE (not) ALDRIG (never)
Even if you don’t understand the rest of the sentence, try to determine if one of these words is spoken in the sentence or not.
For this exercise, we are going to assume the answer to the question is “yes.” (If the answer were “no” you would just say “nej” regardless of whether there is a negative word in the question or not).
If IKKE /ALDRIG are absent from the sentence, then just answer JA.
If IKKE /ALDRIG are present in the sentence, then answer JO.
Side 33
Reading Text
Side 34
Pronunciation Practice
Lyt og gentag/Listen and Repeat
Side 32/Page32
Dialogue 5