Past 1 Flashcards
spiste
[spee-stuh]
ate / were eating
drak
[dʁahk]
drank
talte
[tel-deh]
spoke / did speak / was speaking
gik
[geek]
went / did go / going
var
[vah]
was /had / were
lavede
[lay-oo-uhl OR lay-vil]
was cooking / making / doing
Det var så lidt
[de vah so lit OR day vah so lit]
You’re welcome (literally: ‘It was so little’)
i går
[e go]
yesterday
elskede
[el-skuhl]
loved
kunne
[kewn-eh]
could / were able to
ville
[vee-leh]
wanted
hørte
[hurt-eh]
heard
regnede
[ʁhin-uhl]
rained
spillede
[spill-l]
played
nylig
[new-lee]
recent
så
[so]
did see / that / then
lyttede
[lew-dull OR lewd-uhl]
listened
havde
[hell]
had / did have
sagde
[say]
said
kaldte
[kal-duh]
called for / did call
fandt
[fant]
found
født
[foo-t OR fewt]
born
lagde
[lay]
put / laid
fortalte
[fuh-tell-deh]
told
brugte
[bʁoak-deh]
used / was using / did use
forlod
[fah-lewl]
left / was leaving
skrev
[skʁey-ew]
wrote / was writing
ringede
[ʁang-uhl]
called / rang
tænkte
[tank-tuh]
thought
mistede
[mist-uhl]
lost
kom
[kum]
came / come / got
tog
[toe]
took / train
legede
[ly-ih OR ly-uhl]
played
TRUE OR FALSE:
In Danish, there are two regular conjugations in the past tense. The conjugations are ** -EDE and -TE **.
TRUE
TRUE OR FALSE:
Danish has irregular verbs when it comes to past tense versions.
TRUE
døde
[duhð OR duhl]
died / dead
informerede
[in-fuh-me-uhl or in-fuh-me-uhð]
informed
gav
[gay]
gave
prøvede
[pʁuh-uð OR pʁuh-uhl]
tried
støttede
[sdew-duhl OR sdew-duhð]
supported
blev
[blee OR ble-ew] (ble-ew is said quickly and sounds somewhat like blue)
1) became / turned into / was
2) stayed / remained
vendte
[vin-deh]
turned / turned around
kiggede
[key-guhð OR key-guh]
looked / was looking
slog
[slew]
beat / hit
fik
[fik]
got / received / had
fat
[fat]
hold
svarede
[svahð OR svahl]
answered
faldt
[felt]
fell
snakkede
[snaw-guh OR snaw-guð]
talked
viste
[vee-stuh]
showed
tog fat i
[tow fat e]
grabbed (literally: took hold of)
kunne lide
[kewn-eh leað]
liked / did like
for nylig
[fuh new-lee]
recently
fødte
[few-deh]
gave birth to / birthed
fik fat i
[fik fat e]
got hold of