Present Perfect Flashcards
har
[ha]
have / has / does have
har læst
[ha list OR ha lest]
have read
er gået
[ha go-eð]
have gone / walked
har været
[ha veið OR ha veil]
has been
har lavet
[ha lay-uh OR ha lauw-eð] (the lauw part sounds like ‘-low’ in ‘allow’)
have cooked / made / repaired
har villet
[ha vee-lið]
have wanted
er blevet
[ai{r} blee-uð]
has been / become
TRUE OR FALSE:
Present-Perfect tense (PPt) in Danish is very similar to PPt in English in that it USUALLY uses ‘har’ (have or has) combined with the past participle of the verb.
TRUE
har regnet
[ha ʁhine-uhl]
has rained
har spillet
[ha sbil-uhð]
have played
har hørt
[ha who-ert OR ha huert]
have heard
har spist
[ha sbeast]
have eaten
har talt
[ha taylt]
have spoken
tidligere
[teh-ðee-ah]
previous / previously
forrige
[foh-e]
previous / former
TRUE OR FALSE:
In Present-Perfect tense, the Danish verb has either -t or -et added to the stem form (depending on if the verb ends with an ‘e’ or not).
TRUE
har set
[ha see-d] (see-d is like ‘see’ with an ‘-ed’ on the end)
have seen
har haft
[ha hafd OR ha ha{l}fed]
have had
siden
[sið-in]
- since
2. the side
har betalt
[ha be-taylt]
have paid
har fortalt
[ha fo{r}-tel]
have told
er kommet
[ai{r} kaw-mið]
has come
har forladt
[ha fuh-lat]
have left
TRUE OR FALSE:
In modern English, present perfect is almost exclusively done using have or has (‘har’), but in Danish there are also verbs that use ‘er’ (the present form of ‘at være’, ‘to be’) instead of ‘har.’
TRUE.
‘har’ is used more often than ‘er’ however.
har givet
[ha gee-vuhð]
have given
har skrevet
[ha skʁay-við]
have written
har gjort
[ha gyou{r}d]
have done / made