About This Lesson
Use Talking about cooking simple soup to practice Danish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.
Dialogue
A
Er madlavning din hobby?
AIR MATH-lahw-ning deen HOB-bee? Is cooking your hobby?
B
Jeg kan godt lide at lave enkel mad derhjemme.
YIGH kan GOHD LEE-thuh ehd LAY-oo-uh ENG-guhl MATH dair-YEM-uh. I like making simple food at home.
A
Hvad kan du godt lide at lave?
VAH kan doo GOHD LEE-thuh ehd LAY-oo-uh? What do you like to make?
B
Jeg laver ofte en enkel suppe.
YIGH LAY-uh OFF-duh en ENG-guhl SAW-buh. I often make a simple soup.
A
Bruger du en opskrift?
BROO-uh doo en OP-skrehft? Do you use a recipe?
B
Jeg følger en nem opskrift.
YIGH FUR-luh en NAME OP-skrehft. I follow an easy one.
A
Jeg vil gerne prøve den, når den er klar.
YIGH VELL YAIR-nuh PRUR-oo-uh den, NAWR den AIR KLAHR. I would like to try it when it is ready.
B
Jeg gemmer noget suppe til dig.
YIGH GEM-uh NOH-uhth SAW-buh TELL DYE. I will save some soup for you.Word by Word
Er
In “Er madlavning din hobby?”, “Er” means “is” and begins the question about whether cooking is someone’s hobby. A reusable question pattern is “Er ...?” followed by the person or thing being described.
madlavning
In “Er madlavning din hobby?”, “madlavning” means cooking as an activity. It is used here as the activity that may be someone’s hobby, as in “madlavning er ...” in a new example.
din
In “din hobby”, “din” means “your” and shows that the hobby belongs to the person being addressed. It can be reused before the thing that belongs to the listener, as in “din opskrift” in a new example.
hobby
In “din hobby”, “hobby” means a hobby or activity someone enjoys. The expression “Er ... din hobby?” asks whether an activity is the listener’s hobby.
Jeg
In “Jeg kan godt lide...”, “Jeg” means “I” and identifies the speaker as the person who likes or does something. It is commonly used at the start of a sentence about the speaker’s action or preference.
kan
In “Jeg kan godt lide...”, “kan godt lide” is the Danish expression for liking; “kan” is part of this expression and does not mean ability by itself here. The expression is reused before the thing or activity liked, as in “Jeg kan godt lide at lave...”.
godt
In “kan godt lide”, “godt” is part of the expression meaning “like” in this dialogue. Keep it together with “kan” and “lide”, and place the liked thing or activity after the expression.
lide
In “kan godt lide”, “lide” contributes to the Danish expression for liking. The complete pattern “Jeg kan godt lide at lave...” expresses that the speaker likes making or cooking something.
at
In “at lave enkel mad”, “at” marks the following verb as an infinitive, giving the meaning “to make” or “to cook”. A reusable pattern is “at” followed by an action, as in “at følge en opskrift” in a new example.
lave
In “at lave enkel mad”, “lave” means to make or cook, specifically preparing food here. It can be reused with the thing being prepared, as in “at lave suppe” in a new example.
enkel
In “enkel mad” and “en enkel suppe”, “enkel” means simple. It describes the food or soup and is placed directly before the noun it describes.
mad
In “enkel mad”, “mad” means food. It refers generally to the food the speaker likes making, and it can be used after a describing word such as “enkel”.
derhjemme
In “lave enkel mad derhjemme”, “derhjemme” means at home. It gives the place where the cooking happens and can be placed after the action or activity being described.
Hvad
In “Hvad kan du godt lide at lave?”, “Hvad” means “what” and asks which thing the listener likes to make. A reusable question pattern is “Hvad ...?” followed by the action or preference being asked about.
du
In “kan du godt lide...”, “du” means “you” and refers to the person being addressed. It is used as the person who has the preference or performs the action in the question.
laver
In “Jeg laver ofte en enkel suppe”, “laver” means makes or cooks. It is used with the prepared item after it, as in “Jeg laver ofte...” followed by food or another object.
ofte
In “Jeg laver ofte en enkel suppe”, “ofte” means often and shows that the action happens regularly. It is placed before the thing being made and can be reused with other repeated activities.
en
In “en enkel suppe”, “en” means “a” and introduces one unspecified soup. It is placed before the describing word and noun in the phrase “en enkel suppe”.
suppe
In “en enkel suppe”, “suppe” means soup. It is the food being prepared, and it can be used after “lave” or “gemmer”, as in “lave suppe” or “gemmer noget suppe”.
Bruger
In “Bruger du en opskrift?”, “Bruger” means use and asks whether the listener uses a recipe. A reusable question pattern is “Bruger du ...?” followed by the thing being used.
opskrift
In “en opskrift”, “opskrift” means recipe. Here it is the thing that may be used and followed for cooking, as in “følger en opskrift”.
følger
In “Jeg følger en nem opskrift”, “følger” means follows, referring to following the instructions in a recipe. It can be reused before the thing or set of instructions being followed, as in “følger en opskrift”.
nem
In “en nem opskrift”, “nem” means easy. It describes the recipe and is placed before the noun in the phrase “en nem opskrift”.
vil
In “Jeg vil gerne prøve den”, “vil gerne” expresses that the speaker would like to do something. It is followed by the infinitive action “prøve”, giving the reusable pattern “Jeg vil gerne” plus an action.
gerne
In “vil gerne prøve den”, “gerne” helps express the speaker’s wish to do the action. Together with “vil”, it is placed before the infinitive, as in “vil gerne prøve”.
prøve
In “vil gerne prøve den”, “prøve” means try. It is followed by “den”, the thing the speaker wants to try, so the reusable pattern is “prøve” plus an object.
den
In “prøve den” and “når den er klar”, “den” means it or the one already understood from the conversation. It refers to the prepared item being discussed and can be reused as the object of an action, as in “prøve den”.
når
In “når den er klar”, “når” means when and introduces the time at which something is ready. A reusable pattern is “når” followed by the event or condition that determines the timing.
klar
In “den er klar”, “klar” means ready. It describes the prepared item after “er”, and the phrase can be reused when saying that something is ready.
gemmer
In “Jeg gemmer noget suppe til dig”, “gemmer” means saves or keeps, here meaning that the speaker reserves some soup. It can be reused with the thing being kept, as in “gemmer noget ...”.
noget
In “noget suppe”, “noget” means some and refers to an unspecified amount of soup. It is placed before the food or substance being reserved, as in “noget suppe”.
til
In “til dig”, “til” means for and marks the intended recipient of the saved soup. The reusable pattern “noget ... til” plus a person expresses something being kept for that person.
dig
In “til dig”, “dig” means you and identifies the person for whom the soup is being saved. It follows the preposition “til” in the expression “til dig”.
Grammar Points
kan godt lide + navneord
kan godt lide madlavning
kan GOHD LEE-thuh MATH-lahw-ninglike cooking
kan godt lide er et fast dansk udtryk, der betyder “like”. Det står her foran navneordet madlavning.
vil gerne + infinitiv
vil gerne prøve
VELL YAIR-nuh PRUR-oo-uhwould like to try
Efter vil gerne bruges verbets infinitiv, fx prøve. Udtrykket betyder “would like to”.
Danish Vocabulary
bruge
verb
BROO-uh
use
bruger
derhjemme
adv
dair-YEM-uh
at home
enkel
adj
ENG-guhl
simple
hobby
noun
HOB-bee
hobby
hvad
pron
VAH
what
kan godt lide
phrase
kan GOHD LEE-thuh
like
lave
verb
LAY-oo-uh
make; cook
mad
noun
MATH
food
madlavning
noun
MATH-lahw-ning
cooking
ofte
adv
OFF-duh
often
opskrift
noun
OP-skrehft
recipe
suppe
noun
SAW-buh
soup
Quiz
Word Order
Arrange the words in the correct order.
Is cooking your hobby?
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Er madlavning din hobby?I often make a simple soup.
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Jeg laver ofte en enkel suppe.Do you use a recipe?
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Bruger du en opskrift?Spelling
Tap the letters to spell the word.
at home
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derhjemmewhat
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hvadsimple
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enkelmake; cook