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<-- Udgang --> <-- Mistet Bagage <-- Jordtransport

What do you think "Udgang" means:

Exit

What do you think "Mistet Bagage" means:

Lost baggage

What do you think "Jordtransport" means:

Ground transportation

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Did you get all of them right? Congratulations if you did! However, there was no way we expected you to know that previously, so don't fret if you got it wrong. Either way we found out which one means exit: "Udgang" means "exit". You have a new problem now though, you want a taxi, but you don't know if you should go towards the ground transportation or the other exit. You now need to ask an airport staff member where to go.

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Udgang = Exit

Mistet bagage = Lost Baggage

Jordtransport = Ground Transportation

Hej = Hello

Hvor = Where

Er = Are

Taxaerne = The Taxis

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Udgang:

Exit

Mistet Bagage:

Lost baggage

Jordtransport:

Ground transportation

Hej:

Hi/Hello

Hvor:

Where

Er:

Is/Are

Taxaerne:

The taxis

Hvor er (the taxis).

Taxaerne

en* (exit) er der.

Udgang

*en at the end of a word means the; this will be explained in a later lesson

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Listen: Interaction with taxi driver

Transcript:

Har du brug for en taxa?

Nej, jeg har ikke brug for en taxa.

Og du? Har du brug for en taxa til København?

*Transcripts for audio will only be available early on

Listen: Interaction with taxi driver

Transcript:

Har du brug for en taxa?

Nej, jeg har ikke brug for en taxa.

Og du? Har du brug for en taxa til København?

*Transcripts for audio will only be available early on

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Velkommen

Welcome

Til

København

Copenhagen

Taxa

Taxi

Har brug for

Needs

Jeg

You

Yes

Nej

And

(Verb) + ikke

Negation (Do not)

A/An

Har brug for = Needs

Nej = No

Ikke = Do not / Does not

A taxi = En taxi

Og = And

Du = You

Til = To

København = Copenhagen

Velkommen = Welcome

Ja = Yes

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Brandmand redder dagen

Der var en ild i en bygning. Alle er okay men det var en forskrækkelse. Brandmanden kom og han hjalp folket i bygningen.

Hardly any of that probably made sense, but we do know two of those words at least. We know "en" is "a" and "og" is "and".

Brandmand redder dagen

Der var a ild i a bygning. Alle er okay men det var a forskrækkelse. Brandmanden kom and han hjalp folket i bygningen.

Next, let's next examine the phrase, "Alle er okay.". We'll have to make some assumptions here, but "Alle" may as well be "All", and "Okay" is pretty self-explanatory. So, maybe, "er" is "is".

Brandmand redder dagen

Der var a ild i a bygning. All is okay men det var a forskrækkelse. Brandmanden kom and han hjælp folket i bygningen.

Next, let's examine "hjalp", "kom", and "der". "Hjalp" in many ways resembles "helps". Kom also resembles another verb. It looks like the verb "to come".

Brandmand redder dagen

Der var a ild i a bygning. All is okay men det var a forskrækkelse. Brandmanden comes and han helps folket i bygningen.

However, now you are too exhausted from your flight, finding the exit, and deciphering things that that taxi driver are shouting. You give up. It's okay though; you will run into this experience when you are starting off, but after taking this course, this won't happen. The following is the full translation:

Firefighter saves the day

‍ There was a fire in a building. Everyone is okay but it was a scare. The fireman came and he helped the people in the building.

Among the words you filled in, you managed to get a good portion correct or close. There are a few that are not quite right, so just check through. It is totally okay if you don't understand immediately.

Brandmand

Fireman

Der

There

Var

Was

Ild

Fire

Bygning

Building

Alle

Everyone

Men

But

Det

Forskrækkelse

Scare

Kom

Came

Hjalp

Helped

Folk

People

Redder

Saves

Grammar:

Welcome to the second part of the course. Yes, we all know this is the boring part, but it is important to actually understand Danish Grammar. That is why we are doing a grammar lesson. Let's start with the fundamentals namely personal pronouns. Down below is a table with Danish personal pronouns.

I = Jeg
You = Du
He/She = Han/Hun
We = Vi
You all = Du
They = De

Reinforcements:

Take a good look at the table and proceed to do the practice below.

I =

Jeg

You =

He =

Han

She =

Hun

We =

You(all) =

They =

(I) kan lide Like pizza.

(We) går Go til supermarkedet The supermarket.

(She) er en pige Girl .

(He) er en dreng Boy .

Jeg

You/You all

Han

Hun

She

They

Kan lide

Likes

Går

Supermarked

Supermarket

Pige

Girl

Dreng

Boy

Practice:

Take a good look at the table and proceed to do the practice below.

Exit =

Lost baggage =

Ground transportation =

Welcome =

To =

Copenhagen =

Taxi =