Definitive Flashcards
translate: most students
de fleste studerende
translate: most beer
det mest øl
translate: by post
med posten
translate: on TV
i fjernsynet
translate: ten times a week
ti gange om ugen (note use of the definitive article in Danish)
translate: he drinks at least five beers a day
Han drikker mindst fem øl om dagen
translate: the next day the weather was beautiful
næste dag var det dejligt vejr
translate: they live on the top floor
de bor på øverste etage
translate: the first time i met him
Første gang jeg mødte ham
translate: Bodil plays the piano
Bodil spiller klaver
translate: mother is reading the newspaper
mor læser avis
Is the definitive article used with nouns preceded by flest or mest?
Yes
Is the definitive used after an unstressed have?
No
translate: have the opportunity to
Have lejlighed til
translate: have the desire to
have lyst til
translate: have the right to
have ret til
Give some examples where an indefinitive is used in English and no article in Danish
Marie er dansker, Jan er lærer
Is an indefinitive article used in Danish when an adjective precedes the noun?
Yes, eg Han er en dygtig læge ( he’s a good doctor).
Is an indefinitive used when a noun is followed by a restrictive, relative clause?
Yes eg Han var en studerende, der brugte mange penge (he was a student who spent a lot of money. Hun er en mor for dem (she’s a mother to them),
Is an article used when you have: Som noun var hun/han…. ie As a noun was she/he….
No, an article is not used eg som ung mand var han uhyre grim
Is an article used with single count nouns when a general idea is inferred rather than a specific example eg they are expecting a child, they are going to a cafe, we ate dinner, has brigit got a fur coat?
No. Eg de venter barn, de går på cafe, vi spiste middag, har Birgit fået pels?
