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Danish from Duolingo > Infinitive 1 > Flashcards

Infinitive 1 Flashcards

1
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plejer

[ply-uh]

A

usually / tend

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skrive

[skʁe-vuh]

A

{to} write

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gå

[go]

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{to} walk / leave / go

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svømme

[sve{r}m-eh]

A

{to} swim

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være

[vai{r} OR vay-uh]

A

{to} be

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se

[see]

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{to} see / watch / look

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sove

[so]

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{to} sleep

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drikke

[dʁey-geh]

A

{to} drink

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gøre

[gu{r}-uh]

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{to} do / doing / make

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besluttede

[be-sloot-ehl]

A

decided

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løbe

[loob]

A

{to} run

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betale

[be-tay-leh]

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{to} pay / paying

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lave

[lay-ew]

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{to} make / cook / do

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lege

[lie]

A

{to} play

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bruge

[bʁew or bʁew-eh]

A

{to} use / spend

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16
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bo

[bo]

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{to} live (like: reside)

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17
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plejede

[ply-ih-ðeh]

A

used to / usually {+past verb}

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18
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tale

[tay-leh]

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{to} speak / speech

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19
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spille

[spiyl-eh]

A

{to} play

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20
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elske

[el-skuh]

A

{to} love / loving

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21
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tillade

[tee-luð-uh OR tee-leð-uh]

A

{to} allow

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lade

[lið OR lil]

A

{to} let

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23
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komme

[kah-mih]

A

{to} come / go

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24
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tage

[tay]

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{to} take / go / put

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25
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regne

[ʁhine]

A

{to} rain

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høre

[hoo-uh]

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{to} hear

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lytte

[lew-deh]

A

{to} listen

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lukke

[low-guh]

A

{to} close / shut

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29
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leje

[liy-uh OR lie]

A

{to} rent

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30
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sige

[see]

31
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røre

[ʁoy-uh]

A

{to} touch

32
Q

TRUE OR FALSE:

The infinitive form of a verb is also called the at-form in Danish,

A

TRUE
‘At’ is placed in front of all verbs when on their own. For instance:
‘at være’ means ‘to be’.

33
Q

TRUE OR FALSE:
The word ‘at’ (meaning ‘to’ when used with infinitive verbs) can easily be confused with the word ‘og’ (and) in speech, since they are pronounced the same way by careless Danish youth.

34
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fortælle

[fo{r}-tay-leh]

35
Q

hjælpe

[yel-buh]

36
Q

finde

[fin-neh]

37
Q

stille

[stee-luh]

A

{to} place / put / set

38
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få

[foe]

A

{to} get / have / few

39
Q

hente

[hin-deh]

A

{to} get / fetch

40
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øve

[ew-veh]

A

{to} practice / rehearse

41
Q

blive

[blee]

A

{to} stay / become

42
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købe

[koo-bih]

43
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tilføje

[til-foy OR til-foy-ih]

44
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vide

[við OR vil]

45
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arbejde

[ah-by-deh]

A

{to} work / job

46
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putte

[poo-deh]

A

{to} put / snuggle

47
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placere

[plah-see-uh]

A

{to} place

48
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nå

[naw OR nuh]

A

{to} reach /catch / make it

49
Q

køre

[koo-uh]

A

{to} drive

50
Q

TRUE OR FALSE:
In Danish, the infinitive form is usually preceded by the ‘at’ (to listen) word except when used with modal verbs, such as ‘can,’ ‘will,’ etc.

A

TRUE
An example of this is: ‘Jeg kan gå’ (I can walk), where ‘kan’ (can, may, or able to) is a modal verb and ‘gå’ (walk) is the infinitive form of the verb.

51
Q

vise

[vee-seh]

52
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åbne

[owb-neh] (first sound is like “owe”)

53
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tænke

[ting-geh]

A

{to} think

54
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ændre

[in-dʁuh]

A

{to} change

55
Q

returnere

[ʁhet-toon-e-uh]

A

{to} return

56
Q

ringe

[ʁeng-ih]

A

{to} call (phone call)

57
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besøge

[bih-sue-yuh]

A

{to} visit

58
Q

sætte

[seh-dih]

A

{to} put / sit

59
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træne

[tʁain]

A

{to} exercise / train

60
Q

lære

[lay-uh OR lee{r}]

A

{to} learn / teach

61
Q

kigge

[key-guh]

62
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leve

[leave]

63
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starte

[sdah-dih]

A

{to} start

64
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studere

[sdew-dee-uh]

A

{to} study

65
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give

[gee]

A

{to} give / cause /grant

66
Q

virke

[vee{r}-geh]

67
Q

TRUE OR FALSE

The infinitives in Danish MAY NOT* be used as the subject or object of a verb, just like in English

A

FALSE
infinitives MAY* be used as the subject or object of a verb. For instance:
‘At rejse er at leve’ (‘to travel is to live’), here both ‘at rejse’ and ‘at leve’ are infinitives used as subject and object, respectively.
‘Jeg elsker at spise æbler’ (‘I love to eat apples’ or ‘I love eating apples’)

68
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sælge

[sel-yeh]

69
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begynde

[be-gewn-eh]

A

{to} begin / start

70
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beholde

[be-haul-eh]

71
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tilbyde

[til-buð]

A

{to} offer

72
Q

prøve

[pʁew OR pʁewv]

A

{to} try / sample / test

73
Q

spørge

[sbu{r}h]

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