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Presenting yourself
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Today’s lesson Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4

• Personal pronouns • Presenting yourself • Danes presenting • Nationalities

• Greetings • Hv-questions themselves
• Presenting yourself • Inversion • Possessive pronouns
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Presenting yourself
(1 topic – 5 lessons)

Lesson 5
Present yourself
with confidence

• Bonus lesson with videos

The why

Why are the next 5 lessons important for you?

Speaking wise:
You will be able to start easy-going conversations, do a bit
of small talk and present yourself in a correct way.

Grammar wise:
You will understand the basics of Danish:
• Present form of verb conjugation,
• The personal pronouns,
• The possessive pronouns.

And it’s going to be a hell of a ride!

Today’s agenda

What you will learn in this lesson:

01 Today’s words

02 Starting a conversation

03 Grammar time: Personal pronouns

04 Presenting yourself
Starting a conversation

Scenario: 1

You just came to class or work, and you get eye

contact with a woman you haven’t met before.
You want to greet her.

But how?
Starting a conversation

Starting conversation

Hej Hello (informal)

Goddag Hello (formal)
Godmorgen Good morning
Godaften Good evening
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Goddag
(Good day)
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Goddag
(Good day)
Starting a conversation

Goddag
=
Godda
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Godmorgen
(Good morning)
Starting a conversation

Godmorgen
=
Gomogn
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Hvordan = How
Hvad = What
1st Milestone

You can now

start conversations!
Starting a conversation

The person will highly

likely ask:
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Replies you might get

Hvad hedder du? Who are you?
Hvor gammel er du? How old are you?
Hvor kommer du fra? Where do you come from?
Hvad taler du? What do you speak?
Hvad laver du i (by) What are you doing in (city)
Grammar time

Grammar time!
Grammar time

How do you say ”I”?

And if someone asks you: ”Who is your friend?”

How do you speak about him?

Grammar time

Personlige pronominer Personal pronouns

Jeg I

Du You
Han, hun, den/det He, she, it
Vi We
I You
De They
Grammar time

Personligt pronomen At være

Jeg Er
Du Er
Han hun den/det Er
Vi Er
I Er
De Er
Presenting yourself

Now:
Presenting yourself
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Scenario:

Du sidder på en bænk i You are sitting on a bench

parken nær dit hjem. En in the park near your
mand sætter sig ved home. A man sits next to
siden af dig og spørger: you and ask:

”Hej, hvad hedder du?” ”Hi, What’s your name?”

What do you answer?

Presenting yourself

Start

Jeg er + dit navn (your name)

Jeg hedder
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Hvad hedder du? Jeg hedder Nichlas.

Hvor gammel er du? Jeg er 30 år gammel.

Hvor kommer du fra? Jeg kommer fra Danmark.

Hvad taler du? Jeg taler dansk, spansk og engelsk.

Hvor bor du? Jeg bor i Aarhus.

Hvad laver du? Jeg arbejder som danskunderviser.

Presenting yourself

Hvad hedder du? ____ hedder ____.

Hvor gammel er du? ____ er ____ år gammel.

Hvor kommer du fra? ____ kommer fra ____.

Hvad taler du? ____ taler ____ (og ____).

Hvad bor du? ____ bor i ____.

Hvad laver du i? ____ arbejder som/studerer ____.

Next lesson

What you will learn next time:

01 Presenting yourself

02 Hv-spørgsmål (Wh-questions)

03 Introduktion til monstret ”Inversion”