Basics 1

Question 1

dreng (-en, -e, -ene)

[dʁang]

Answer 1

boy

Question 2

kvinde (-n, -r, -rne)

[ kveen] *like queen but qveen)

Answer 2

woman / lady

Question 3

mand (-en, mænd, mændene)

[man]

Answer 3

man / husband

Question 4

pige (-n, -r, -rne)

[pee]

Answer 4

girl

Question 5

en

[in OR ayn OR een]

Answer 5

a / an / one

Question 6

er

[ai{r}]

Answer 6

is / are / am / has

Question 7

jeg

[yai] (rhymes with ‘eye’)

Answer 7

I

Question 8

Du

[du]

Answer 8

you

Question 9

æble (-t, -r, -rne)

[ay-bluh]

Answer 9

apple

Question 10

og

[ o ] (the name of the letter ‘o’)

Answer 10

and

Question 11

han

[han]

Answer 11

He

Question 12

spiser

[sbee-zuh]

Answer 12

Eats / is eating / am eating

Question 13

vand (-et)

[van]

Answer 13

water

Question 14

brød (-et, -, -ene)

[brul]

Answer 14

bread

Question 15

drikker

[dʁay-guh]

Answer 15

drinks

Question 16

et

[it]

Answer 16

a / an

Question 17

True or False: In Danish, ‘en’ is the ‘common gender.’

Answer 17

True

Question 18

True or False: In Danish, ‘et’ is the ‘common gender.’

Answer 18

False. ‘et’ is the ‘neuter gender.’

Question 19

True or False: In Danish, about 80% of nouns are common gender (taking ‘en’ as the indefinite article).

Answer 19

True

Question 20

True or False: As a general rule of thumb, use the pronoun ‘den’ for all living things, ‘det’ for inanimate objects.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or False: Danish verbs in the present tense end with ‘d.’

Answer 21

False. Present tense verbs end either with -er (most commonly) or just -e

Question 22

hun

[hoon]

Answer 22

she