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Presenting yourself
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Lesson 1 Today’s lesson Lesson 3 Lesson 4

• Personal pronouns • Presenting yourself • Danes presenting • Nationalities

• Greetings • Hv-questions themselves
• Presenting yourself • Inversion • Possessive pronouns
Current Topic

Presenting yourself
(1 topic – 5 lessons)

Lesson 5
Present yourself
with confidence

• Bonus lesson with videos

The why

Why are the next 5 lessons important for you?

Speaking wise:
You will be able to start easy-going conversations, do a bit
of small talk and present yourself in a correct way.

Grammar wise:
You will understand the basics of Danish:
• Present form of verb conjugation,
• The personal pronouns,
• The possessive pronouns.

And it’s going to be a hell of a ride!

Today’s agenda

What you will learn in this lesson:

01 Recap

02 Today’s words

03 Small talk and replying

04 Possessive pronouns (his, hers, yours)

05 How to use sentence constructors

Inversion

Switch the verb and the subject – and you

have a question!

Du taler dansk. You speak Danish.

Taler du Dansk? Do you speak Danish?

Inversion

How would you answer this question?

Arbejder du hver dag?

Ja, jeg arbejder hver dag. Nej, jeg arbejder ikke hver dag.
Today’s words

Danish words and expressions: English translation in this context:

1 ) At lave To do

2) At bo To live

3) Godt lide To like

4) Sammen Together

5) At møde To meet

6) Gaden The street

7) Lejlighed Apartment

8) Arbejder Work

9) Konsulent Consultant

10) Gå i byen Go out

Today’s words

Danish words and expressions: English translation in this context:

11 ) Lidt A little

12) Familie Family

13) Nationalitet Nationality

14) Din / Dit Yours

15) Hans His

16) Hendes Hers

17) Modersmål Mother tongue

18) Adresse Address

Small talk & replying

Er du klar til at se videoer?

Are you ready to watch videos?
Small talk & replying

Hvem er det?

Hvor kommer han fra?

Hvad taler han?

Hvor bor han?

Hvad laver han?

Bonus question:
Hvad kan han godt lide at lave?

Click to watch
Small talk & replying

Det er Christoffer.

Han kommer fra Danmark.

Han taler dansk og engelsk.

Han bor i en lejlighed i Aarhus.

Han arbejder som konsulent.

Han kan godt lide at gå i byen med

sine venner.
Small talk & replying

Du møder Christoffer på gaden i din by.

Christoffer siger: ”Hvordan går det?”

Small talk & replying

Add Danish translation Responding

Det går godt. It is going well.

Det går ikke godt. It is not going well.

Add Danish translation Add question

Hvad med dig? What about you?

Small talk & replying

How it’s spelled:

Det går godt, hvad med dig?

How it is said

De go got, va me dai?
Small talk & replying

Du går sammen med Christoffer og møder Allan.

You are walking with Christoffer and meet Allan.
Small talk & replying

Hvad siger Allan i videoen?

Click to watch
Small talk & replying

Det er Allan.

Han arbejder hos Aarhus Kommune.

Han taler dansk, engelsk og lidt polsk.

Han bor i Skanderborg.

I weekenden kan han godt lide at være

sammen med sin familie.
Small talk & replying

Christoffer er ikke sikker på om Allan Christoffer is not sure if Allan

bor i Skanderborg og spørger dig: lives in Skanderborg, and asks you:

Bor Allan i Skanderborg? Is Allan living in Skanderborg?

___ , ___________________.
Small talk & replying

Christoffer er ikke sikker på om Allan Christoffer is not sure if Allan

bor i Skanderborg og spørger dig: lives in Skanderborg, and asks you:

Bor Allan i Skanderborg? Is Allan living in Skanderborg?

Ja , ___________________.
___ han bor i Skanderborg.
Possessive pronouns

Grammar time!
Possessive pronouns

Possessive pronouns (His, hers and your)

Why is this important for you?

NOW you can start talking about what is yours,

and what is others.
Possessive pronouns

Danish Possessive pronouns

Hans His

Hendes Her

Din/dit Your
Possessive pronouns

Exercise 1

Possessive pronoun

Allans
Question starter Hans Noun

Hvad er Hendes Nationalitet?

Din/dit
Possessive pronouns

Din eller dit?

It depends on the noun – just like ”en / et”.

Er huset dit?

Er hunden din?
Possessive pronouns

En mand fra England (A man from England)

Hvad er ____ modersmål? (primary language)

Hvad er ____ nationalitet?

Hvad er ____ adresse?

Possessive pronouns

En kvinde fra Amerika. (A woman from America)

Hvad er ____ modersmål? (primary language)

Hvad er ____ nationalitet?

Hvad er ____ adresse?

Next lesson

What you will learn next time:

01 Nationalities