Adjectives 1 Flashcards
lille
[lee-luh]
little / small / young
NOTE: ‘lille’ can only be used to describe singular things, ‘små’ can only be used to describe plurals,
små
[smoh]
little / small
tosproget
[toas-bʁoal]
bilingual
træt
[tʁat]
tired
samme
[samh OR sam-uh]
same
næste
[neh-stuh]
next
generel
[gen-e-ral] (‘g’ make a ‘g’ sound, not a ‘j’ sound) (‘ral’ rhymes with Al)
general
rigtig
[raik-dee]
real / very / right
lokal
[lo-kay{l}]
local
speciel
[speh-she’ll]
special
åben
[oben]
open
egen
[eyein’] (like ‘eyeing’)
own (adjective, like: my own socks)
privat
[pre-vayt]
private
personlig
[pai{r}-sown-e]
personal
stor
[sdoo{r} OR sto{r}e]
big / great / large
fantastisk
[fan-tass-isk]
fantastic / amazing
venstre
[vin-struh]
left (direction)
anderledes
[an-uh-lil-iss]
different / differently
ren
[ʁain]
clean
beskidt
[biss-git]
dirty
lovlig
[lo-lee]
legal
menneskelig
[mens-keh-lee OR mens-klee]
human
nylig
[new-lee]
recent
dansk
[dansk]
Danish
TRUE OR FALSE:
There are no irregular adjectives that are missing one or more of the forms (post fixes like -, -t, -e).
FALSE
‘Beskidt’ (dirty) is an irregular adjective which can only be beskidt or beskidte.
vigtig
[vik-dee]
important
levende
[lee-ew-nuh]
living
tilgængelig
[teh-geng-lee or teh-gang-lee ]
available
populær
[poe-poo-lair]
popular
mulig
[moo-lee]
possible
fremtidig
[frem-til-e OR frem-til-ih]
future
område
[um-ʁoo{l}]
area
officiel
[ah-fee-shill]
official
endelig
[en-lee]
final / finally
nødvendig
[no-ven-dee]
necessary
militær
[me-lee-tair]
military
uafhængig
[ew-o-hing-e]
independent
ansvarlig
[an-svah-lee]
responsible
hel
[heal]
whole / completely
TRUE OR FALSE
While nouns normally express definiteness using a postfix, this changes to using an article if any adjectives is attached to the noun.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE
If the adjective is used with a definite noun, then it is put between the definite article and the noun
TRUE
“En åben bil” (an open car) becomes “den åbne bil” (the open car)
moderne
[mo-dairn]
modern
perfekt
[pe{r}-fect]
perfect / perfectly
smuk
[smoke]
beautiful / pretty
normal
[nuh-mail]
normal / normally
positiv
[pose-ih-tey{w}]
positive
fremragende
[frem-row-n]
excellent / brilliant
ond
[owen (FAST)] (say ‘owen’ fast so it sounds similar to ‘un’)
evil
historisk
[he-sdoo{r}-eysk]
historical
interessant
[in-truh-sant]
interesting
traditionel
[trah-dish-own-el]
traditional
religiøs
[ʁell-gyews]
religious
seriøs
[say-yews]
serious / seriously
forkert
[fuh-kea{r}t]
wrong
kulturel
[koul-chew-ʁhal]
cultural
dyr (adj.)
[do-eh OR dou{r}]
expensive
umulig
[ew-moo-lee]
impossible
negativ
[ney-guh-tew]
negative
berømt
[beh-ʁempt]
famous
effektiv
[eff-eck-tew]
effective / efficient
velkendt
[vil-kent]
familiar
i live
[e leave]
alive
underlig
[owe-nuh-lee]
strange / weird
modsat
[moul-set]
opposite
bange
[bahng]
afraid / scared
praktisk
[prahk-tisk]
convenient / practical
bekvem
[beak-vem OR be-krem]
convenient / comfortable / practical
trist
[trist]
sad
ked
[kill]
sad / sorry / despressed
hyppig
[who-be]
frequent
sjov
[show OR sho] (pronounced like ‘fuh sho’ from ‘for sure’)
funny / fun
ked af det
[kill a deh]
sad / sorry
eget
[aisle)
own (adjective, like: my own socks)
