Dansk for begyndere
Side 47
Dialogue 1
Side 50
This one is pretty tough. Study the phrases on page 49.
You'll hear a phrase in English, then in the silence that
follows, you say the Danish. Then the correct answer will
be given.
Side 48
Dialogue 2
Denne uge læser vi sider 47-55.
Vocabulary - Story/Dialogue - Looking for things - Simple Past verb practice - prepositions/prepositional phrases
Past Participle
A Big List of Danish Verbs in different tenses
(You may have received this list in a previous class. It's here just in case you don't have it handy).
Side 51
Dialogue 3
Asking if you've reached the correct person/place
Below are some people/places you might call. Practice saying
"Er det hos (name/place)?" Then click the arrow to hear the phrase.
Jørgen Nielsen
Peter Nielsen
Tove Jensen
fiskehandleren
Bager Olsen
And speaking of telephone conversations...
Den Skyldige - et udmærket dansk drama!
If you haven't seen this movie, I recommend it. It is a suspense thriller involving a series of telephone conversations. I saw it the first time without knowing anything about it, and that is the best way to do it, I think. However, if you must know something about it first, then here is a short scene with English subtitles.
Jellingstenene
(Click for Danish)
Past participle using "er" rather than
"har" (and my excuse to tell you about the Jelling Stones which are super cool!)
Den er rejst af kong Gorm den Gamle til minde om hans hustru Thyra Danebod.
The Jelling Stones
(Click for English)
* "rejst" here doesn't mean traveled, but raised.
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