Strengthening a Report with Evidence | Learn Danish in English

Danish lesson set in a contemporary Copenhagen everyday setting: In a workplace feedback session, two adults discuss strengthening a report with more evidence before it is shared widely..

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Dialogue

A

Jeg ville gerne drøfte rapporten, før den bliver delt bredt.

yai VIL-uh YAIR-nuh DRURF-tuh ra-POR-dən, fur den BLEE-uh delt BRET. I wanted to discuss the report before it is shared widely.
B

Jeg havde på fornemmelsen, at nogle afsnit måske havde brug for mere dokumentation.

yai HAH-vuh paw for-NEM-uhls-ən, ad NOH-luh AF-sneed MAY-sku HAH-vuh broog for MAY-uh do-khoo-men-tah-SHOWN. I suspected some sections might need more evidence.
A

Argumentationen er stærk, men anbefalingerne virker ikke tilstrækkeligt underbyggede.

ar-goo-men-TAY-shoh-nən air STAIRK, men an-beh-FAH-ling-uh-nuh VEAR-kur IG-uh til-STRAIK-uh-ligt oon-uh-BUR-guh-thuh. The argument is strong, but the recommendations feel unsupported.
B

Jeg lagde for stor vægt på interviews og brugte ikke nok data.

yai LAI-thuh for STOR VAIKT paw IN-ter-vyoos og BROO-duh IG-uh nok DEH-tah. I leaned too heavily on interviews and did not use enough data.
A

Mere data ville gøre konklusionerne sværere at afvise.

MAY-uh DEH-tah VIL-uh GUR-uh kon-kloo-SHOWN-uh-nuh SVAIR-uh-ruh ad af-VEE-suh. Adding data would make the conclusions harder to dismiss.
B

Jeg kan revidere det afsnit og tydeligt markere de usikre punkter.

yai kan ray-vee-DAIR-uh deh AF-sneed og TEE-ligt MAR-kur-uh dee oo-SEE-guh POONG-tur. I can revise that section and flag uncertain points clearly.
A

Det ville øge troværdigheden uden at svække det overordnede budskab.

deh VIL-uh UR-uh troh-VAIR-thuh-hay-thən OO-thun ad SVEG-uh deh OH-uh-ord-nuh-duh BOOS-gah-bet. That would improve credibility without weakening the overall message.
B

Jeg sender dig den opdaterede version, før den bliver delt med den større gruppe.

yai SEN-uh dai den op-dah-TAIR-uh-duh ver-SHOWN, fur den BLEE-uh delt med den STUR-uh GROO-buh. I'll send you the updated version before it goes to the wider group.

Word by Word

Jeg Jeg means I and refers to the speaker in each line where it appears. It is used as the subject before the verb, as in Jeg ville gerne drøfte rapporten.
ville Ville helps express what the speaker wanted to do in Jeg ville gerne drøfte rapporten. A reusable pattern is ville gerne followed by an infinitive to express a wish or intention.
gerne Gerne contributes the meaning would like to or gladly in Jeg ville gerne drøfte rapporten. It commonly appears with ville and an infinitive when someone expresses a wish.
drøfte Drøfte means discuss, specifically discussing the report here. It is the infinitive following ville gerne and takes the topic being discussed as its object.
rapporten Rapporten means the report, referring to the specific report under review. The ending -en marks this noun as definite, and it is the object of drøfte.
før Før means before and introduces the time condition for sharing the report. It can be followed by a clause describing what must happen first.
den Den means it here and refers back to rapporten. It is the subject of the passive expression den bliver delt.
bliver Bliver helps express that the report is being shared in den bliver delt. A reusable pattern is bliver followed by a past participle to describe an ongoing or resulting passive action.
delt Delt means shared in den bliver delt bredt. It is used with bliver to describe the report being distributed to others.
bredt Bredt means widely and describes the extent of the sharing. It follows delt in delt bredt and indicates that the report will reach a broad audience.
havde Havde means had in the speaker’s earlier suspicion, expressed with havde på fornemmelsen. It combines with that expression to describe a feeling or suspicion held at that point.
på fornemmelsen På fornemmelsen as a whole means having a feeling or suspicion that something is the case. På is part of the fixed expression, while fornemmelsen refers to the feeling being experienced; the expression is followed here by at and the suspected situation.
at At means that here and introduces the situation connected to the speaker’s suspicion. A reusable pattern is have på fornemmelsen, at followed by the content of the suspicion.
nogle Nogle means some and indicates an unspecified part of the report’s sections. It comes before the plural noun nogle afsnit.
afsnit Afsnit means sections here, referring to parts of the report. It appears after nogle to identify which parts may need more documentation.
måske Måske means perhaps and signals uncertainty about the sections’ needs. It is placed before the clause describing what the sections may need.
brug for Brug for as a whole means need in havde brug for mere dokumentation. Brug contributes to the expression of a need, and for connects that need to what is needed; the expression is followed by the needed thing.
mere Mere means more and indicates that the sections need an increased amount of documentation. It comes directly before dokumentation to specify what is needed in greater quantity.
dokumentation Dokumentation means evidence or documentation that can support the report’s claims. Here it is the thing the sections have brug for, and mere dokumentation refers to additional supporting material.
Argumentationen Argumentationen means the argumentation or line of reasoning presented in the report. The ending -en marks the specific argumentation being evaluated, and it is the subject of er stærk.
er Er means is and links argumentationen with the assessment stærk. A reusable pattern is a subject followed by er and an adjective describing it.
stærk Stærk means strong and describes the report’s argumentation as convincing in this context. It follows er in the pattern argumentationen er stærk.
men Men means but and connects the positive assessment of the argumentation with a contrasting concern about the recommendations. It is used to join two contrasting statements.
anbefalingerne Anbefalingerne means the recommendations, referring to the specific recommendations in the report. The ending -erne marks a definite plural noun, and the word is the subject of virker.
virker Virker means seem or appear in virker ikke tilstrækkeligt underbyggede. It presents the speaker’s assessment of how well the recommendations are supported.
ikke Ikke means not and makes the assessment negative in virker ikke tilstrækkeligt underbyggede. It is placed before the remaining description of the recommendations.
tilstrækkeligt Tilstrækkeligt means sufficiently and describes the degree of support the recommendations have. Together with ikke, it says that the support does not reach a sufficient level.
underbyggede Underbyggede means supported or substantiated and describes the recommendations as backed by evidence. Here, ikke tilstrækkeligt makes that support insufficient.
lagde Lagde means placed in the expression lagde for stor vægt på interviews, where it means assigned too much emphasis to interviews. A reusable pattern is lægge vægt på followed by the thing receiving emphasis.
for For means too in for stor vægt and shows that the amount of emphasis was excessive. In this use, it comes before an adjective describing an excessive degree.
stor Stor means great or large and describes the amount of weight placed on interviews. With for, it gives the meaning too much emphasis in for stor vægt.
vægt Vægt means weight, but in lagde for stor vægt på interviews it means emphasis or importance. The reusable expression lægge vægt på identifies what is being emphasized.
interviews Interviews means interviews, referring to one source of information used in the report. Here it follows på and identifies what the speaker relied on too heavily.
og Og means and and joins the speaker’s use of interviews with the statement about using data. It connects two related actions or clauses.
brugte Brugte means used and describes the speaker’s past use of data in the report. The thing used follows it directly, as in brugte ikke nok data.
nok Nok means enough in ikke nok data and indicates that the amount of data was insufficient. It comes before the noun whose quantity is being assessed.
data Data means data, referring to information that could provide evidence for the report. It is the object of brugte and the material that was not used in sufficient quantity.
gøre Gøre means make in the result construction where more data would make the conclusions harder to dismiss. It takes the affected object and describes the resulting change in that object.
konklusionerne Konklusionerne means the conclusions, referring to the specific conclusions drawn in the report. The ending -erne marks a definite plural noun, and it is the object affected by gøre.
sværere Sværere means harder or more difficult and describes the increased difficulty of dismissing the conclusions. A reusable pattern is gøre something sværere at followed by an infinitive.
afvise Afvise means dismiss or reject, referring to rejecting the report’s conclusions. It is the infinitive after sværere at in sværere at afvise.
kan Kan means can and expresses the speaker’s ability or possibility to revise the section and mark the points. It is followed by infinitives, as in kan revidere and markere.
revidere Revidere means revise, specifically revising the section of the report. It follows kan and takes det afsnit as the thing to be revised.
det Det means that in det afsnit and points to the particular section under discussion. It functions as the determiner before the singular noun afsnit.
tydeligt Tydeligt means clearly and describes how the uncertain points will be marked. It modifies markere in tydeligt markere de usikre punkter.
markere Markere means mark or flag, referring to identifying uncertain points for the reader. It is coordinated with revidere after kan and takes the points as its object.
de De means the and introduces the specific plural noun phrase de usikre punkter. It is placed before the adjective and plural noun.
usikre Usikre means uncertain and describes the points whose status needs to be made clear. It appears between de and punkter in the definite plural phrase.
punkter Punkter means points, referring to particular points in the report that are uncertain. It is the object of markere in de usikre punkter.
øge Øge means increase and describes the effect that stronger evidence would have on credibility. It is the infinitive after ville in ville øge troværdigheden.
troværdigheden Troværdigheden means credibility, specifically the credibility that the improved report would gain. The ending -en marks the definite noun, and it is the object of øge.
uden Uden means without and introduces an action that would not take place as a result of the improvement. Here it forms the pattern uden at followed by an infinitive.
svække Svække means weaken and refers to making the overall message less strong. It follows uden at and takes det overordnede budskab as its object.
overordnede Overordnede means overall and describes the complete or central message of the report. It comes before budskab in det overordnede budskab.
budskab Budskab means message, referring to the report’s central meaning or point. Here it is the object of svække in det overordnede budskab.
sender Sender means send and states the speaker’s planned action of sending the updated version. The recipient comes before the item in sender dig den opdaterede version.
dig Dig means you and identifies the person who will receive the version. It functions as the recipient between sender and den opdaterede version.
opdaterede Opdaterede means updated and describes the version after the revisions have been made. It comes before version in den opdaterede version.
version Version means version, referring to the revised form of the report that will be sent. It is the item being sent in sender dig den opdaterede version.
med Med means with in delt med den større gruppe and connects the shared item with the group receiving it. A reusable pattern is delt med followed by the person or group involved.
større Større means larger or wider and describes the group that will receive the version after the initial review. It comes before gruppe in den større gruppe.
gruppe Gruppe means group, referring to the wider set of people who will receive the updated version. It appears in the noun phrase den større gruppe.

Grammar Points

de overordnede anbefalinger er underbyggede

De overordnede anbefalinger er underbyggede.

dee OH-uh-ord-nuh-duh an-beh-FAH-ling-uh-nuh air oon-uh-BUR-guh-thuh.

The overall recommendations are substantiated.

After a definite plural noun phrase, adjectives take -e: overordnede and underbyggede.

lægge vægt på → lagde ... vægt på

De lagde vægt på dokumentationen.

dee LAI-thuh VAIKT paw do-khoo-men-tah-SHOWN-ən.

They placed emphasis on the documentation.

The fixed expression lægge vægt på changes to lagde vægt på in the past tense.

Danish Vocabulary

afsnit noun
AF-sneed section
anbefalingerne noun
an-beh-FAH-ling-uh-nuh the recommendations
argumentationen noun
ar-goo-men-tAY-shoh-nən the argumentation; the reasoning
bredt adv
BRET widely
dokumentation noun
do-khoo-men-tah-SHOWN evidence; documentation
drøfte verb
DRURF-tuh discuss

drøfte rapporten

interviews noun
IN-ter-vyoos interviews
lægge vægt på phrase
LEG-uh VAIKT paw put emphasis on; place weight on lagde ... vægt på
på fornemmelsen phrase
paw for-NEM-uhls-ən the feeling; the impression
rapport noun
ra-POR report rapporten
stærk adj
STAIRK strong
underbygget adj
oon-uh-BUR-guh-th supported; substantiated underbyggede

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