Basic Routines and Family | Learn Danish in English

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Use Basic Routines and Family to practice Danish conversation, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and quizzes.

Dialogue

Jeg går i seng.

yai goh ee seng I am going to bed.

Jeg vågner tidligt.

yai VAW-nuh TEED-lee I wake up early.

Jeg går på arbejde.

yai goh poh AH-bai-thuh I go to work.

Jeg går i skole.

yai goh ee SKOH-luh I go to school.

Jeg er sammen med min familie.

yai air SAM-uhn meh meen fa-MEEL-yuh I am with my family.

Det er min ven.

deh air meen vehn This is my friend.

Word by Word

Jeg “Jeg” means “I” in all six dialogue lines. It is used at the start of a sentence before the verb, as in “Jeg går i seng.” You can use “Jeg” when talking about your own routine or situation.

går “går” means “go” in “Jeg går i seng,” “Jeg går på arbejde,” and “Jeg går i skole.” Its meaning here comes from the full expressions “går i seng,” “går på arbejde,” and “går i skole.” Use “Jeg går …” to say where you go as part of a routine.

i In “Jeg går i seng” and “Jeg går i skole,” “i” helps express going to bed or going to school. It is used together with the following noun, so keep the complete patterns “går i seng” and “går i skole.” These expressions are useful when describing bedtime or school routines.

seng “seng” means “bed” in the expression “Jeg går i seng.” Together, “går i seng” means going to bed; “seng” is the place involved in that routine. Use this expression when saying that you are going to bed.

vågner “vågner” means “wake up” in “Jeg vågner tidligt.” It is used after “Jeg” to describe the speaker’s own waking. Use “Jeg vågner …” when talking about what time you wake up.

tidligt “tidligt” means “early” in “Jeg vågner tidligt.” It tells when the waking happens and comes after “vågner” in this sentence. Use it to describe an early daily routine, as in the new example “Jeg står op tidligt.”

på In “Jeg går på arbejde,” “på” is part of the expression for going to work. The complete pattern is “går på arbejde,” not just “går” with “på” alone. Use this expression when saying that you are going to work.

arbejde “arbejde” means “work” in “Jeg går på arbejde.” Together with “på,” it names the destination or routine of going to work. Use “på arbejde” when talking about being or going at work.

skole “skole” means “school” in “Jeg går i skole.” Together with “i,” it forms the expression for going to school. Use “i skole” when describing a school routine.

er “er” means “am” in “Jeg er sammen med min familie” and “is” in “Det er min ven.” It is the form used here after both “Jeg” and “Det.” Use “er” to describe a situation or identify someone, depending on the subject.

sammen “sammen” means “together” in “Jeg er sammen med min familie.” The complete expression “sammen med” means being together with someone, and “sammen” expresses the togetherness. Use it when describing shared time with family or other people.

med “med” means “with” in “sammen med min familie.” It links the speaker with the people they are together with. Use the pattern “sammen med” before a person or group, such as “sammen med min familie.”

min “min” means “my” before “familie” in “min familie” and before “ven” in “min ven.” It shows that the family or friend belongs to or is connected with the speaker. Use “min” before a noun when referring to something connected with yourself.

familie “familie” means “family” in “Jeg er sammen med min familie.” The expression “sammen med min familie” means being together with my family. Use it when saying who you are spending time with.

Det “Det” means “this” in “Det er min ven,” where the speaker identifies a person. It comes before “er” in this identification pattern. Use “Det er …” when pointing something or someone out and saying what or who it is.

ven “ven” means “friend” in “Det er min ven.” The expression “min ven” means “my friend,” with “min” showing the connection to the speaker. Use it when introducing or identifying a male friend.

Grammar Points

gå på arbejde

Jeg går på arbejde.

yai goh poh AH-bai-thuh

I go to work.

The fixed phrase på arbejde means “to work”; Danish uses på instead of a separate word for “to” here.

Danish Vocabulary

arbejde noun

AH-bai-thuh work

Gender: neuter

det pron

deh this

familie noun

fa-MEEL-yuh family

Gender: common

gå verb

goh go går

jeg pron

yai I

sammen adv

SAM-uhn together

seng noun

seng bed

Gender: common

skole noun

SKOH-luh school

Gender: common

tidligt adv

TEED-lee early

ven noun

vehn friend

Gender: common

være verb

VAIR-uh be er

vågne verb

VAW-nuh wake up vågner

Quiz

Word Order

Arrange the words in the correct order.

I am going to bed.

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Jeg går i seng.

I wake up early.

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Jeg vågner tidligt.

I go to work.

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Jeg går på arbejde.

Spelling

Tap the letters to spell the word.

early

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tidligt

school

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skole

work

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arbejde

bed

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seng