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Use Reviewing words with cards to practice Danish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

Jeg vil gennemgå disse ord.

yai vil GEN-um-GOH TESS-uh ohr. I want to review these words.

Lad os bruge disse ordkort.

lah ohss BROO-uh TESS-uh OHR-kohrd. Let's use these word cards.

Jeg kan ikke huske dette ord.

yai kan EH-kuh HOOSS-guh DET-uh ohr. I can't remember this one.

Se på eksempelsætningen.

say poh eg-SEM-pul-SETH-ning-un. Look at the example sentence.

Sætningen hjælper mig med at huske ordet.

SETH-ning-un YEL-puh mai mehth uh HOOSS-guh OHR-uhth. The sentence helps me remember it.

Prøv et andet kort, og se først på eksemplet.

PRURV ed AN-uh KOHRD, oh say FURST poh eg-SEM-pluhth. Try another card and check the example first.

Jeg vil prøve det næste kort nu.

yai vil PRURV theh NEK-stuh KOHRD noo. I will try the next card now.

Læs sætningen først, og sig så ordet.

lays SETH-ning-un FURST, oh sai soh OHR-uhth. Read the sentence first, then say the word.

Word by Word

Jeg “Jeg” means “I” and is the speaker who wants to review words or will try a card. It normally comes before the verb, as in “Jeg vil” and “Jeg kan”.

vil In “Jeg vil gennemgå disse ord” and “Jeg vil prøve det næste kort”, “vil” expresses a wish or intention to do something. It comes before the following verb, giving the pattern “vil” + action.

gennemgå “Gennemgå” means to review or go through something; here, the speaker wants to review the words. It follows “vil” and can be used with the thing being reviewed, as in “gennemgå disse ord”.

disse “Disse” identifies particular words as “these” words in “disse ord”. It comes before the noun and points to more than one specific item in the current activity.

ord In “disse ord”, “ord” means the words being reviewed. It can also appear as the object of an action, as in “gennemgå disse ord”.

Lad os In “Lad os bruge disse ordkort”, “Lad os” makes a suggestion to do something together: “let’s”. “Lad” contributes “let” and “os” contributes “us”; a reusable pattern is “Lad os” followed by a verb for a joint proposal.

bruge “Bruge” means “use”; here, the learners will use the word cards. It follows “Lad os” and takes the thing being used, as in “bruge disse ordkort”.

ordkort “Ordkort” means “word cards”, the cards used for language review. It is the object after “bruge” in “bruge disse ordkort”, so the phrase says what the learners will use.

kan In “Jeg kan ikke huske dette ord”, “kan” expresses ability, but with “ikke” the meaning is “cannot”. It comes before the negation and the following action: “kan ikke” + verb.

ikke “Ikke” makes the statement negative; in “kan ikke huske”, it turns “can remember” into “cannot remember”. It comes after “kan” and before the action “huske” in this pattern.

huske “Huske” means “remember”; here, the speaker cannot remember the word. It follows “kan ikke” and can take the thing remembered, as in “huske dette ord”.

dette “Dette” identifies one particular item as “this” in “dette ord”. It comes before the noun and refers to the word the speaker cannot remember.

Se In “Se på eksempelsætningen”, “Se” is a command to look. It is used at the beginning of an instruction and combines with “på” to say what someone should look at.

på In the construction “Se på”, “på” helps express looking at something, here the example sentence. A reusable pattern is “Se på” followed by the thing someone should look at.

eksempelsætningen “Eksempelsætningen” means “the example sentence” that the learner is told to look at. It is the thing following “Se på”, so it identifies what should be consulted.

Sætningen “Sætningen” means “the sentence”; here, it refers to the sentence being used to help remember the word. It is the subject of “Sætningen hjælper mig”, where the sentence provides help.

hjælper “Hjælper” means “helps”; in “Sætningen hjælper mig”, the sentence helps the speaker remember. A reusable pattern is a subject followed by “hjælper”, a person, and the activity connected with “med at”.

mig “Mig” means “me”; in “hjælper mig”, it identifies the person receiving the help. It follows “hjælper” when saying whom something helps.

med In “hjælper mig med at huske ordet”, “med” links the person helped to the activity they receive help with. The reusable construction is “hjælper” + person + “med at” + action.

at In “med at huske”, “at” marks the action that the help is connected to, namely remembering. It comes directly before the verb “huske” in this construction.

ordet “Ordet” means “the word” being remembered. It is the definite form related to “ord”, and it follows “huske” as the specific thing the learner wants to remember.

Prøv “Prøv” is a command meaning “try”; here, the learner is told to try another card. It begins an instruction and is followed by the thing to try, as in “Prøv et andet kort”.

et In “et andet kort”, “et” introduces one nonspecific card, corresponding to “a” in the phrase. It comes before “andet kort” to form the complete noun phrase.

andet In “et andet kort”, “andet” means “another” and distinguishes this card from the one already used. It appears between “et” and “kort” in this noun phrase.

kort “Kort” means “card”; here, it is a card used for the word review. It appears after “et andet” in “et andet kort” and after “det næste” in “det næste kort”.

og “Og” means “and” and connects the instruction to try another card with the instruction to look at the example first. It can link two actions in sequence, as in “Prøv ... og se ...”.

først “Først” means “first” and shows that looking at the example should happen before the next step. It can be placed before the action it orders, as in “se først på eksemplet”.

prøve “Prøve” means “try”; in “Jeg vil prøve det næste kort”, the speaker intends to try the next card. It follows “vil” and takes the card as its object.

det In “det næste kort”, “det” is part of the phrase meaning “the next card” and identifies which card is intended. It comes before “næste kort” in this noun phrase.

næste “Næste” means “next” and identifies the card that follows the current one in the sequence. It appears before “kort” in “det næste kort”.

nu “Nu” means “now” and tells us that the speaker will try the next card at the present moment. It can be placed at the end of the sentence, as in “Jeg vil prøve det næste kort nu”.

Læs “Læs” is a command meaning “read”; here, the learner is instructed to read the sentence first. It begins an instruction and is followed by the thing to read, “sætningen”.

sig In “sig så ordet”, “sig” is a command meaning “say”. It is used when instructing someone to produce a word aloud, followed here by the word to say.

så “Så” means “then” and marks the step that follows reading the sentence. In “Læs sætningen først, og sig så ordet”, it places saying the word after the first action.

Grammar Points

Lad os + infinitiv

Lad os bruge ordkort.

lah ohss BROO-uh OHR-kohrd.

Let's use word cards.

Efter Lad os står verbet i infinitiv uden at.

se på + substantiv

Se på eksempelsætningen.

say poh eg-SEM-pul-SETH-ning-un.

Look at the example sentence.

På bruges efter se, når man beder nogen rette opmærksomheden mod noget.

Danish Vocabulary

bruge verb

BROO-uh use

dette det

DEH-duh this

Gender: neuter

disse det

TESS-uh these

gennemgå verb

GEN-um-GOH review; go through

huske verb

HOOSS-guh remember

ikke adv

EH-kuh not

jeg pron

yai I

Lad os phrase

lah ohss let's

ord noun

ohr words

Gender: neuter

ordet noun

OHR-uhth the word

Gender: neuter

ordkort noun

OHR-kohrd word cards

Gender: neuter

se verb

say look; see

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I want to review these words.

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Jeg vil gennemgå disse ord.

Let's use these word cards.

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Lad os bruge disse ordkort.

I can't remember this one.

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Jeg kan ikke huske dette ord.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

these

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disse

word cards

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ordkort

use

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bruge

review; go through

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gennemgå