Danish #3

Min mand er dansker, og vi taler kun dansk sammen

My man is danish and we only talk in danish together

Jeg kan tale kun polsk og engelsk, men jeg vil også gerne lære dansk

I only can speak polish and english, but i also want to learn danish.

Jeg kan tale en lille smule tysk.

I can speak a little bit of german.

Hendes kæreste hedder Rasmus, og hans hund hedder Toffi.

Her boyfriend is called Rasmus, and his dog is called Toffi.

De elsker deres forældre

They love their parents. Here you cannot use the danish equivalent of “seine”, because De is plural.

Han hader sin mor

He hates his (own) mother. Here in german we’d use “seine”.

Elsker jeres venner at se fodboldkampe?

Do your (plural) friends love watching football matches?

Jeg hader dem og deres hund!

I hate them and their dog!

Dit hus er hyggeligt

Your house is nice

Jeg kan skrive godt på dansk, men udtalen er meget svær

I can write in danish well, but the pronounciation is really (much )difficult

Min mor hedder Magda, og min far hedder Thomas

My mom is called Magda and my father is called Thomas.

For øjeblikket bor jeg i Valby

At the moment i live in Valby. (this is a temporary situation, not this exact moment)

I Danmark taler han som regel engelsk, men han elsker at tale dansk!

In denmark he usually speaks english, but he loves to speak danish!

Vores studier er på engelsk

Our studies are in english

Hvert barn hader sine forældre

Every child hates their (own) parents. Here, child is third person plural. We use the danish equivalent of ‘seine’

Hvordan staver du dit efternavn?

How do you spell your surname?

Han har ikke en kæreste, men han vil gerne have en.

He doesn’t have a girlfriend, but he’d like to have one.

Hun drikker ikke kaffe lige nu, men hun vil gerne have en kop.

She’s not drinking coffee right now, but she would like a cup.

I piger er cool!

You girls are cool!

Mine venner kommer fra mange forskellige byer

My friends come from many different cities.

Er englænderne mænd eller kvinder?

Are the english men or women?

Hun kan godt lide at arbejde som matematiker, for hun har mange søde kolleger

She likes to work as a mathematician, as she has many sweet colleagues

Jeg kan godt lide at drikke kaffe

I like to drink coffee

Vi kan godt lide at læse

We like to read

Jeg kan godt lide at se mange forskellige danske film i københavnske biografer

I like to watch many different danish movies in cinemas in Copenhagen. (in copenhagen as an adjective)

Han ser næsten ti film hver uge

He watches almost ten films every week (week = en uge)

Jeg har tre brødre, og to af dem er bøsser.

I have three brothers and two of them are gay

Min kæreste og mig ser hinanden ikke ret tit, for hun bor i Polen.

My girlfriend and I don’t see each other very often, because she lives in Poland

I øjeblikket prøver jeg ret hårdt at finde et job i København.

At the moment i’m trying very hard to get a job in Copenhagen. Notice how is is “the” moment. This is RIGHT NOW

Lige nu sidder jeg på en bænk og ryger cigaretter og drikker øl.

Right now i’m sitting on a bench, smoking cigarettes and drinking beer