Danish lesson 4

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Dialogue


Vocabulary and phrases

Hej, fru Andersen. Du ser irriteret ud i dag. Hvad er der i vejen? Hi, Mrs. Andersen. You seem irritated today. What’s wrong?

  • irriteret irritated
  • Hvad er der i vejen? What’s wrong?; What’s the matter?

Ingenting vigtigt. Bare en idiot som har parkeret sin bil i min parkeringsplads. Så nu må jeg holde et andet sted. Nothing important. Just an idiot parked their car in my parking spot. So I had to park somewhere else.

  • ingenting nothing
  • vigtig important
  • at parkere to park
  • en bil a car
  • en parkingsplads a parking spot

Å, det kan let løses. Der holder en gaffeltruck bag skolen. Hvis de ikke finder deres bil inden dagen er slut, er det deres problem. Ah, that can be easily solved. There’s a forklift behind the school. If they don’t find their car by the end of the day, that’s their problem.

  • at løse to solve
  • en gaffeltruck a forklift
  • bag behind
  • at finde to find
  • inden before

Ellers du kan bare punktere deres dæk. Or you can just puncture their tires.

  • ellers otherwise
  • at punktere to puncture
  • dæk tire, tires

I vil få meg fyret. Men det lyder jo sjovt. You (all) want to get me fired. But that sounds fun.

  • fyret fired (from a job)
  • at lyde to sound
  • sjovt fun (adverb)

Jeg har en bedre idé. I have a better idea.

  • en idé an idea

Jeg lytter. I’m listening.

  • at lytte to listen

Ingrid, hvorfor fyldte du din kollegas bil med popcorn?! Ingrid, why did you fill your coworker’s car with popcorn?!

  • en kollega a colleague

Hov! Hvorfor formoder du mig?! Hey! Why do you suspect me?!

  • at formode to assume, to suspect

Fordi jeg vet det er i din parkeringsplads hun var parkeret i. Og det lyder som noget du ville gøre. Because it was in your parking space that she was parked in. And it sounds like something you would do.

Det er jo ikke så rart at beskylde mig om, Yulia. Fint. Det var bare to af studenterne. De gjorde mig bare en tjeneste. Også trænger du at købe mer popcorn. Cafeteriet løb tør af det. It’s not (so) nice to accuse me, Yulia. Fine. It was two of the students. They were just doing me a favor. Also,  you need to buy more popcorn. The cafeteria ran out (of it).

  • rart nice
  • at beskylde to accuse
  • en student a student
  • en tjeneste a favor, a service
  • at trænge to need
  • at købe to buy
  • at løbe tør to run out (of something, i.e. toilet paper)

 

Pronunciation

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