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
har sat
[ha sat]
have put / sat
har ringet
[ha ʁang-ehð]
have called
har kaldt
[ha kelt]
have called
har modtaget
[ha muð-tayd]
have received
har taget
[ha taið]
have taken
har mistet
[ha mist-uhð]
have lost
har sendt
[ha sent]
have sent
har spurgt
[ha spo{r}t]
have asked
har udviklet
[ha ewð-vayk-uhð]
have developed
for … siden
[fuh … sið-in]
ago
TRUE OR FALSE
In general, present perfect verbs that use ‘er’ (instead of ‘har’) have to do with moving, such as walking, going, running, moving, arriving, and so on.
TRUE
har præsenteret
[ha pʁez-in-tay-uhð]
have presented
har lukket
[ha lo-guð]
have closed
har produceret
[ha pʁo-do-see-uhð]
have produced
har mødt
[ha moo-t] (not like ‘moot’, like moo-t)
have met
har prøvet
[ha pʁu-við]
have tried
har ændret
[ha in-dʁuhð]
have changed
har fået
[ha foe-eð]
have gotten / had / received
har følt
[ha fewl-t]
have felt
har fulgt
[ha fool-d]
have followed
har forberedt
[ha fo{r}-beh-ʁate]
have prepared
har tvunget
[ha tvong-eð] (the ‘o’ sound is like ‘owe’)
have forced
har introduceret
[ha in-tʁo-do-see-uhð]
have introduced
har optrådt
[ha ahp-tʁeð-uhð]
have performed
har reduceret
[ha ʁeh-do-see-uhð]
has reduced
har vundet
[ha vone-uh OR vone-uhð]
have won
har åbnet
[ha ohb-nuh OR ohb-nuhð]
have opened
har bestilt
[ha be-stilt]
have ordered
har boet
[ha bo-ehð]
have lived
er stoppet
[ai{r} stob-uhð]
have stopped
er ankommet
[ehr ann-com-uhð]
have arrived
har antaget
[ha an-tay-uhð]
has assumed
har tilladt
[ha tee-lat]
have allowed
har kendt
[ha kent]
have known
har drukket
[ha dʁo-geh OR dʁo-geð]
have drunk
har sagt
[ha sacked]
have said
har passeret
[ha pah-see-uhð]
have passed
har afsluttet
[ha auw-sloot-uhð]
have finished
har savnet
[ha soun-nuð] (soun rhymes with noun)
have missed
er blevet født
[ai{r} blee-uð foo-d]
has been born
har levet
[ha lay-vuhð]
has lived