Basics 2

Question 1

mælk (-en)

[milk]

Answer 1

milk

Question 2

avis (-en, -er, -erne)

[aa-veece]

Answer 2

newspaper

Question 3

vi

[vee]

Answer 3

we

Question 4

læser

[lay-zuh]

Answer 4

reads / reading / study

Question 5

ris (-en, -, -ene)

[reece]

Answer 5

rice

Question 6

sandwich (-en, -er)

[san-which]

Answer 6

sandwich

Question 7

barn (-et, børn, børnene)

[bahˀn]

Answer 7

child

Question 8

De

[dee]

Answer 8

they / the / you

Question 9

mænd

[min]

Answer 9

men

Question 10

menu ( -en, -er, -erne)

[men-oo]

Answer 10

menu

Question 11

bog (-en, bøger, bøgerne)

[bo]

Answer 11

book

Question 12

det

[dee OR deh OR day]

Answer 12

it / that / the

Question 13

I

[e] (like the letter ‘e’)

Answer 13

you (plural)

Question 14

har

[hah OR ha]

Answer 14

have

Question 15

kvinderne

[kveen-on-neh]

Answer 15

the women

Question 16

mændene

[min{t}-eh-neh]

Answer 16

the men

Question 17

True or False: In the plural definite form (such as ‘the women’), nouns in Danish add -ne to the plural form

Answer 17

True:
‘en kvinde’ (a woman) has the plural ‘kvinder’ (women) and adds -ne to become ‘kvinderne’ (the women).
‘en dreng’ (a boy) has the plural ‘drenge’ (boys) and adds -ne to become ‘drengene’ (the boys).