Lesson 1 Tips and notes Nouns Danish has two noun genders: COMMON (-n words) and NEUTER (-t words). Each of these have their own article for indefinite singular. Common words take en and neuter words take et.In Danish there is no certain way to tell from a noun which gender it is. About 80% of nouns are common gender (-en), including most living things and animate entities. The Definite FormInstead of marking the definite form with an article, Danish uses postfixing -> the indefinite article is appended to the end of the noun to mark definiteness: -en for common gender and et for the neuter gender.1. en mand (a man, common gender) adds en and becomes manden (the man)2. vand (water, neuter gender) adds et and becomes vandet.If the noun already ends with e most often only n or t is appended:1. et aeble (an apple, neuter gender) becomes aeblet (the apple).

Subject Pronouns

I. jeg You.duHe, she, it..han, hun, den/det (depending on the grammatical gender of the subject; as a rule of thumb, use den for all living things and det for inanimate objects)WeviYou (plural)I (always capitalized)Theyde

Present Tense Verbs Verbs in Danish conjugate not for the subject, not for the object, not for the number of people. They only care about the time (present, past), the aspect (active, passive) and the mood (indicate, imperative). Present tense end in r and do not change regarding to the person carrying out the action. Example: At spise (to eat) Jeg spiser (I eat) Du spiser (you eat) Han, hun, den/det spiser (he, she, it eats) Vi spiser (we eat) I spiser (you eat) De spiser (they eat)The only form of to be in present is simply er: jeg er, du er, and so on. Danish verbs have no concept of continuous actions such as I am eating. When you say jeg spiser it means all of I eat (in general), I am eating (right now), or I will eat (tomorrow).

Vocabulary.Drengen---- the boy (draingn)Kvinden ---- the woman (cvindn)Aeblet ----- the apple (ebl)Pigen ----- the girl (piin)Manden ---- the man (medn)En mand er en mand ---- a man is a man.Du er en kvinde. ---- You are a woman.Jeg er en pige. ---- I am a girl.Jeg er en dreng. ---- I am a boy.Hun er en pige. ---- She is a girl.Jeg er manden. ---- I am the man.Jeg er en dreng og du er en pige. ----- I am a boy and you are a girl.Han er en dreng. ----- He is a boy.Hun er kvinden. ------- She is the woman.Han spiser et aeble. ------ He eats an apple.Manden spiser et aeble. ---- The man eats an apple.Vandet ----- the water (vendn)Brdet ------ the bread (bloedt)Drikker ------ drink (dreicr)