About This Lesson
Use Basic prices, weather, and discovery to practice Danish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
Hvor meget koster den?
voh MAY-th KAW-stuh dehn? How much is this?
B
Hvor bor du?
voh BOHR doo? Where do you live?
A
Vejret er godt.
VY-uh air GOHT. The weather is nice.
B
Det regner nu.
deh RYE-nuh noo. It is raining now.
A
Jeg glemte min telefon.
yai GLEM-tuh meen teh-leh-FOHN. I forgot my phone.
B
Jeg fandt den.
yai FAHN dehn. I found it.Word by Word
Hvor
In Hvor meget koster den? Hvor asks how much; in Hvor bor du? it asks where. It is placed at the beginning of both questions.
meget
In Hvor meget koster den? meget means much and asks about the amount or price. The reusable question pattern is Hvor meget koster den? for asking the price of an item.
koster
In Hvor meget koster den? koster says what price the item has. It is used with the item as the subject, as in Hvor meget koster den?
den
In Hvor meget koster den? den refers to the item whose price is being asked about. In Jeg fandt den, it refers to the forgotten phone.
bor
In Hvor bor du? bor means live or have your home. This form is used when asking about someone’s place of residence, as in Hvor bor du?
du
In Hvor bor du? du means you and addresses the person being asked. The pattern Hvor bor du? is used to ask one person where they live.
Vejret
In Vejret er godt. Vejret means the weather and is the topic of the sentence. The complete expression Vejret er godt. is useful when commenting on the weather.
er
In Vejret er godt. er links Vejret with the description godt. It is used in the pattern Vejret er godt. to say what the weather is like.
godt
In Vejret er godt. godt means good or nice and describes the weather. The expression er godt is used here to give a positive description of the weather.
Det
In Det regner nu. Det is the subject used for the weather situation; it does not refer to a named object here. The expression Det regner nu. is used to say that it is raining now.
regner
In Det regner nu. regner means that rain is falling. It is used in the weather expression Det regner, which can be combined with a time word such as nu.
nu
In Det regner nu. nu means now and places the rain at the present moment. It can be added after the weather expression regner, as in regner nu.
Jeg
In Jeg glemte min telefon. and Jeg fandt den. Jeg means I and identifies the speaker. It is used at the beginning when the speaker describes their own action or experience.
glemte
In Jeg glemte min telefon. glemte describes the speaker’s forgetting of the phone. The complete pattern Jeg glemte min telefon. is useful when explaining that a personal item was forgotten.
min
In Jeg glemte min telefon. min means my and shows that the phone belongs to the speaker. It comes directly before the item being identified, as in min telefon.
telefon
In Jeg glemte min telefon. telefon means phone and is the item that was forgotten. The phrase min telefon is used when referring to the speaker’s phone.
fandt
In Jeg fandt den. fandt means found and says that the speaker located the item. The expression Jeg fandt den. is useful when telling someone that a missing item has been located.
Grammar Points
Hvor + verb + subject?
Hvor bor du?
voh BOHR doo?Where do you live?
In Danish questions with Hvor, the verb comes before the subject: Hvor bor du?
Det + weather verb
Det regner nu.
deh RYE-nuh noo.It is raining now.
Danish uses Det for weather expressions, similar to dummy “it” in English.
Danish Vocabulary
bor
verb
BOHR
live
Hvor bor du?
den
pron
dehn
it / that one
Hvor meget koster den?
Det
pron
deh
it
Det regner nu.
du
pron
doo
you
Hvor bor du?
er
verb
air
is
Vejret er godt.
godt
adj
GOHT
nice / good
- Gender
- neuter
Vejret er godt.
Hvor
adv
voh
where
Hvor bor du?
Hvor meget
phrase
voh MAY-th
how much
Hvor meget koster den?
koster
verb
KAW-stuh
costs
Hvor meget koster den?
nu
adv
noo
now
Det regner nu.
regner
verb
RYE-nuh
is raining
Det regner nu.
Vejret
noun
VY-uh
the weather
- Gender
- neuter
Vejret er godt.
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
How much is this?
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Hvor meget koster den?Where do you live?
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Hvor bor du?The weather is nice.
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Vejret er godt.Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
the weather
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Vejretwhere
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Hvorcosts
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kosternice / good