Leçon 12 - Phrases

Question 1

Would you please close the door?

Answer 1

Vil du lukke døren? (Vil + INF = order)

With adverbs:
Vil du lige lukke døren? (lige makes it softer)
Vil du godt lukke døren? (godt: more polite and asks for acceptance from the other person)
Vil du godt lige lukke døren? (2 adverbs)

With the adverb ikke:
Vil du ikke godt lukken døren? (ikke often combined with godt)
Vil du ikke godt lige lukken døren?

VIL is more direct than KAN.
Kan du godt lukke døren?
Kan du ikke godt lukke døren?

Gider du lukken døren?
???

Question 2

Isn’t it a little cold here?

Answer 2

Er her ikke lidt koldt?

Question 3

Would you like the apple or the orange?

Answer 3

Vil du (gerne) have æblet eller appelsinen?

Question 4

Don’t you like oranges?

Answer 4

Kan du ikke lide appelsiner?

Question 5

No, not that/so well.

Answer 5

Nej, ikke så godt.

Question 6

Where shall we put the chairs?

Answer 6

Hvor skal vi stille stolene?

At stille: to stand (movement)

Question 7

Put them in the kitchen.

Answer 7

Stil dem ud i køkkenet.

Stil: at stille (to stand, movement)
Ud: out (movement, because the kitchen used to be outside)

Question 8

Just put them in the corner.

Answer 8

Bare stil dem i hjørnet.

Question 9

It’s at the end of the hall.

Answer 9

Det er nede for enden af gangen.

Question 10

Where shall we put the boxes?

Answer 10

Hvor skal vi sætte kasserne?

Question 11

Maybe he comes later.

Answer 11

Måske kommer han senere.

Question 12

What would you like?

Answer 12

Hvad vil du have?

Question 13

I don’t like bananas.

Answer 13

Jeg kan ikke lide bananen.

Question 14

I would like to read a bit in the book during the break.

Answer 14

Jeg vil gerne læse lidt i bogen i pausen.

Question 15

That’s a nice cupboard!

Answer 15

Det er et pænt skab!

But… Det er en pæn flaske! (l’adjectif s’accorde)

Question 16

The chair is new.

The chairs are new.

Answer 16

Stolen er ny.

Stolene er nye.

Question 17

I like Chinese food.

I love Chinese food.

I kinda like Chinese food.

Answer 17

Jeg kan godt lide kinesisk mad.
Jeg er glad for kinesisk mad.

Jeg er vild med kinesisk mad.
Jeg elsker kinesisk mad.

Jeg kan meget godt lide kinesisk mad. ???

Question 18

I like to watch movies.

Answer 18

Jeg kan godt lide at se film. (kan godt lide + INF)

Question 19

I like dogs.

Answer 19

Jeg kan godt lide hunde.

Jeg er glad for hunde.

Question 20

I kinda like him.

Answer 20

Jeg kan meget godt lide han.

Question 21

Do you like old furniture?

Answer 21

Kan du (godt) lide gamle møbler?

Question 22

No, I don’t like old furniture.

Answer 22

Nej, jeg kan ikke lide gamle møbler.

Question 23

Yes, I like dogs.

Answer 23

Ja, jeg kan godt lide hunde.

Question 24

I love to listen to jazz.

Answer 24

Jeg elsker at høre jazz. (elsker + INF)

Jeg kan godt lide at høre jazz. (like)

Question 25

I love looking at old furniture.

Answer 25

Jeg elsker at se på gamle møbler.