Family and Pets at Home | Learn Danish in English

Danish lesson set in a contemporary Copenhagen everyday setting: In a language classroom, two adults talk about living with a child and having a pet at home..

EN → DA / Level: A1

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Use Family and Pets at Home to practice Danish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

A

Bor du sammen med din familie?

bohr doo SAH-men meh deen fa-mee-LEE-eh? Do you live with family?
B

Jeg bor sammen med mit barn.

yai bohr SAH-men meh med bahn. I live with my child.
A

Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?

air dah OH-saw eht KAY-luh-dewr dair-YEM-eh? Is there a pet at home too?
B

Vi har en lille hund.

vee hah ahn LEL-uh hoon. We have a small dog.
A

Hvordan har de det sammen?

VOH-dan hah dee deh SAH-men? How do they get along?
B

De leger sammen hver dag.

dee LAY-uh SAH-men vair day. They play together every day.

Word by Word

Bor In "Bor du sammen med din familie?", "Bor" means live or reside and starts a question about someone's living situation. The reusable pattern is "Jeg bor sammen med ...". You can use it when asking or answering where someone lives.
du In "Bor du sammen med din familie?", "du" means you and is the person being asked about. It appears directly before the verb in this question pattern. Use it when addressing one person about their situation.
sammen In "Bor du sammen med din familie?", "sammen" means together and describes living as a shared arrangement. With "med", the reusable pattern is "sammen med ...". Use it when describing people who live or do something together.
med In "Bor du sammen med din familie?", "med" means with and connects the person who lives to the people they live with. The reusable pattern is "sammen med ...". Use it to identify company or association.
din In "Bor du sammen med din familie?", "din" means your and identifies the family as belonging to the person being addressed. It comes before "familie" in the phrase "din familie". Use it when referring to something connected with the person you are speaking to.
familie In "Bor du sammen med din familie?", "familie" means family and names the people someone may live with. The reusable phrase is "din familie". Use it when asking or talking about a person's family.
Jeg In "Jeg bor sammen med mit barn.", "Jeg" means I and identifies the speaker. It is used as the subject before "bor" in this statement. Use it when describing your own living situation.
mit In "Jeg bor sammen med mit barn.", "mit" means my and identifies the child as connected with the speaker. It comes directly before "barn" in the phrase "mit barn". Use it before a noun when referring to something belonging to or associated with you.
barn In "Jeg bor sammen med mit barn.", "barn" means child and names the person the speaker lives with. The reusable phrase is "mit barn". Use it when talking about a child in the family or household.
Er In "Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?", "Er" means is and begins a question about whether something is present. The reusable question pattern is "Er der ...?". Use it when asking whether something exists or is available in a place.
der In "Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?", "der" helps form the existential question "Er der ...?", asking whether something is present. It is placed after "Er" in this question pattern. Use the pattern to ask if a person or thing is there.
også In "Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?", "også" means also or too and adds the pet as another possibility in the question. It can be used to add another person or thing to a question or statement. Here it asks whether a pet is present in addition to the family.
et In "Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?", "et" means a or an and introduces one unspecified pet. It appears directly before "kæledyr" in the phrase "et kæledyr". Use it when mentioning one non-specific item of this kind.
kæledyr In "Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?", "kæledyr" means pet and names the animal being asked about. The reusable phrase is "et kæledyr". Use it when talking generally about an animal kept at home.
derhjemme In "Er der også et kæledyr derhjemme?", "derhjemme" means at home and gives the location of the pet. It can be used to specify that a person or thing is at home. Here it focuses the question on the household.
Vi In "Vi har en lille hund.", "Vi" means we and identifies the speaker together with at least one other person. It is the subject before "har" in this statement. Use it when describing something shared by the speaker and others.
har In "Vi har en lille hund.", "har" means have and expresses possession. In "Hvordan har de det sammen?", it is part of the expression asking how they are getting along. Use "Vi har ..." for possession and "har ... det" when asking about someone's state or relationship.
en In "Vi har en lille hund.", "en" means a or an and introduces one unspecified dog. It comes before "lille hund" in the phrase "en lille hund". Use it when mentioning one non-specific item.
lille In "Vi har en lille hund.", "lille" means small and describes the dog. It comes before the noun in the phrase "en lille hund". Use it before a noun when describing a small person, animal, or thing.
hund In "Vi har en lille hund.", "hund" means dog and names the household pet. The reusable phrase is "en lille hund". Use it when talking about a dog, especially when describing a pet at home.
Hvordan In "Hvordan har de det sammen?", "Hvordan" means how and asks about the way something is or happens. It comes at the beginning of this question before "har". Use it when asking about someone's condition, experience, or relationship.
de The forms "de" and "De" in the dialogue mean they and refer together to the child and the dog. They are used as the subject in "har de det sammen" and "De leger sammen hver dag". Use this pronoun when talking about two or more people or animals already identified in the conversation.
det In "Hvordan har de det sammen?", "det" is the "it" element in the expression about how they are getting along. It appears after "har" in the pattern "har de det sammen". Use this expression when asking about the relationship between people or animals.
leger In "De leger sammen hver dag.", "leger" means play and describes the child's and dog's activity. The reusable pattern is "leger sammen". Use it to describe people or animals playing with one another.
hver In "De leger sammen hver dag.", "hver" means every and describes a repeated daily occurrence. It comes before "dag" in the phrase "hver dag". Use this pattern when saying that something happens each day.
dag In "De leger sammen hver dag.", "dag" means day and combines with "hver" to express daily frequency. The reusable phrase is "hver dag". Use it when describing a routine that happens every day.

Grammar Points

mit + substantiv

mit barn

med bahn

my child

Use mit before a neuter singular noun such as barn.

har det sammen

Vi har det sammen.

vee hah deh SAH-men.

We get along.

This fixed expression means “get along”; det is part of the expression.

Danish Vocabulary

barn noun
bahn child
Gender
neuter
bor verb
bohr live
der adv
dah there
derhjemme adv
dair-YEM-eh at home
du pron
doo you
er verb
air is; are
familie noun
fa-mee-LEE-eh family
Gender
common
jeg pron
yai I
kæledyr noun
KAY-luh-dewr pet
Gender
neuter
mit det
med my
Gender
neuter
også adv
OH-saw also; too
sammen adv
SAH-men together; with each other

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

Do you live with family?

Show AnswerBor du sammen med din familie?

I live with my child.

Show AnswerJeg bor sammen med mit barn.

Is there a pet at home too?

Show AnswerEr der også et kæledyr derhjemme?

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

child

Show Answerbarn

together; with each other

Show Answersammen

family

Show Answerfamilie

also; too

Show Answerogså