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In this lesson I am going to give you a general understanding of the Danish numbers. Now, you and I both know that there is a lot of numbers out there. In fact, an infinite amount. Therefore, I don’t want you to worry about memorizing all the numbers in this lesson by heart. I just want you to familiarize yourself with the Danish number system so that you are prepared for any encounter with numbers. In my experience, numbers is something that comes eventually as you progress in your journey of learning a language. However, learning how to count from 0 to 10 (or perhaps even 20) by heart is a great start.

The first ten single numbers from 0 to 10

0 Nul 1 En/et 2 To 3 Tre 4 Fire 5 Fem 6 Seks 7 Syv 8 Otte 9 Ni 10 Ti

Note: When counting from 1 to 10, using either en or et is entirely up to you. You will hear both versions in everyday language.

The teens from 11 to 19

11 Elleve 12 Tolv 13 Tretten 14 Fjorten 15 Femten 16 Seksten 17 Sytten 18 Atten 19 Nitten

The tens from 20 to 90

20 Tyve 30 Tredive 40 Fyrre 50 Halvtreds 60 Tres 70 Halvfjerds 80 Firs 90 Halvfems

To combine the single numbers with the tens (e.g. 54) you must add an “og”, which means “and” in English, in between the single and the tens. The pattern is as follows:

21 = en + og + tyve = enogtyve

54 = fire + og + halvtreds = fireoghalvtreds

What is different from the English numbers is that the Danish numbers are said in “reverse”. For example:

In English In Danish 21 = 20 + 1 = twenty + one = twentyone 21 = 1 + 20 = en + tyve = enogtyve 54 = 50 + 4 = fifty + four = fifty four 54 = 4 + 50 = fire + halvtreds = fireoghalvtreds

Note: In the numbers 21, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71, 81, 91 en is used and NOT et!

The hundreds from 100 to 900

100 Hundred(e) 200 To hundred(e) 300 Tre hundred(e) 400 Fire hundred(e) 500 Fem hundred(e) 600 Seks hundred(e) 700 Syv hundred(e) 800 Otte hundred(e) 900 Ni hundred(e)

Note: e can be omitted. In most cases you will see it written with e.

The thousands from 1000 to 10,000

1000 (Et) tusind(e) 2000 To tusind(e) 3000 Tre tusind(e) 4000 Fire tusind(e) 5000 Fem tusind(e) 6000 Seks tusind(e) 7000 Syv tusind(e) 8000 Otte tusind(e) 9000 Ni tusind(e) 10,000 Ti tusind(e)

Note: et and e can be omitted. In most cases you will see and hear “tusind” without e.

The pattern continues with the teens + thousand, tens + thousand and hundreds + thousands, such that: 11,000 = elleve tusind(e) 50,000 = halvtreds tusind(e) 800,000 = otte hundrede og tusind(e)

Any number below 100 is written in one word, whereas numbers above 100 is split up. Some examples for combining hundreds with singles, teens or tens: 101 = hundrede (og) en 324 = tre hundrede (og) fireogtyve 2085 = to tusind (og) femogfirs 6700 = seks tusind (og) syv hundrede 12,516 = tolv tusind (og) fem hundrede (og) seksten 427,901 = fire hundrede (og) syvogtyve tusind (og) ni hundrede (og) en Note: og can be omitted in numbers above 100.

When to use og (and) in numbers

In numbers above 100 you can omit og from between the numbers - either way is correct. In numbers below 100 you have to include og. Be aware that in numbers above 100 that includes numbers such as 21, 43, 89 and so forth you MUST include og. For example in the number: 465 = fire hundrede (og) femogtres you can choose omit the og between 4 and 65 but not the og between 65!

A final note

new years 2019 langblr challenge - day 2: create a vocab list: celebrations

since ‘celebrations’ can encompass so much, i chose to focus on new years celebrations for this vocab list.

english - danish - norwegian

new years celebrations - nytårsfejring - nyttårsfeiring i wish you - jeg ønsker dig - jeg ønsker deg happy new year - godt nyt år - godt nytt år  new years resolutions - nytårsløfter - nyttårsløfter to look forward to - at se frem til - å se frem til new year’s eve - nytårsaften - nyttårsaften tradition - tradition - tradisjon fireworks - fyrværkeri - fyrverkeri  crowd - folkemængde - folkemengde countdown - nedtælling - nedtelling midnight - midnat - midnatt starry sky - stjerneklar himmel - stjerneklar himmel

Crusader Kings II: YOU WILL LOSE 95% OF YOUR KINGDOM UPON YOUR DEATH, ALL YOUR CHILDREN ARE BASTARDS AND NOT LEGITIMATE, THERE ARE 19 PLOTS AGAINST YOUR LIFE, 4 CHALLENGES TO YOUR SUCCESSION, THE VASSALS DEMAND AN ELECTIVE MONARCHY, YOU HAVE -348 GOLD, YOUR WIFE HATES YOU, THE DUKE OF FUCKELSTIEN HAS DECLARED YOU A PRETENDER TO THE THRONE AND THE POPE JUST EXCOMMUNICATED YOU

Me: 

Salut. I’m here to save the ass of the ones who are learning french and are lost with so many resources. I plan to update later, but, for now, that is.

Sites

Quizlet  (x)  (flashcards with pictures and audios)

French Learner (grammar, vocabulary, audios, and lots of other cool stuff)

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/tex/gr/index.html#pdf  (grammar topics)

StudyBlue (flashcards and notes)

BBC Languages

ie languages

Books

French at Wikibooks (i’m learning with it and it’s amazing)

Collins French Dictionary

Metropolitan French

Apps

Mondly

Rosetta Stone

French English Dictionary by VidaLingua

Guides

Shut up and Go - Learn French

Learning French by yourself (incomplete, but it’s helpful)

Tumblrs

learnfrenchquicklyandeasily

ayearwithfrench

french-studyblr

Youtube channels

Studio bagel (french comedy)

Damon and Jo en français (talk about french)

Learn French in 60 seconds

More

To Have fun

Movies (x) (x)

Classic french movie

Suggestions for additions are always welcome!

De architect - the architect De architectuur - the architecture Het fundament - the foundation  Het gebouw - the building Het huis - the house De kunst - the art Het nut - the utility Het ontwerp - the design Het openbare gebouw - the public building De schoonheid - the beauty De stijl - the style De tuinarchitectuur - the landscape architecture De versiering; de decoratie - the decoration

Danish Christmas playlist!

A Danish language advertisement form Risteriet.

The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences

(Sources: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)

This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.

We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that I grabbed from here! :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)      

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.    

Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?    

Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.    

Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.    

Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.    

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.    

People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.    

Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.    

Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.    

Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.    

Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.    

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)    

General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.    

Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.    

Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.    

Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.    

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)  

Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.    

Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.    

Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.    

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)    

Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.    

Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.    

General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.    

Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.    

VERBS (about 100 words)    

arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.    

PRONOUNS (about 40 words)

Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.    

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.    

Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.    

Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.    

ADVERBS (about 60 words)

Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.    

Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.    

Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.    

Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.    

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)

Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.    

Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.    

Hi! I use a variety of resources for Danish.

I started with Duolingo and Memrise, and now I use them both once a day for about five minutes, just for practice.

Mondly also has a Danish course - use the code “MONDLY” in the store for access to all their languages and lessons. (This code worked a couple months ago, not sure if it still works.) Mondly’s audio is particularly clear, and tends to have vocab that Memrise and Duolingo don’t.

Lang-8 and wespeke are both excellent resources for any language - on lang-8, you post writing in your target language and it gets corrected by native speakers, and on wespeke you can chat to native speakers for practice. 

101languages is pretty good for vocab, and it has a verb conjugator.

This site is great for grammar explanations.

Check out my Danish movies post for practice while watching films. 

These textbooks are also good!

And here is a Danish resource masterpost by @baernat!

In Danish there’s three small words, jo, da and vel, which marks (dis)agreement or uncertainty:

Alberte er sej ‘Alberte is cool’

Alberte er jo sej ‘You and I both think that Alberte is cool‘

Alberte er da sej ‘I think that Alberte is cool, but you apparently don’t’

Alberte er vel sej ‘I think that Alberte is cool, but you/others know it better’

The words can appear after a verb or auxiliary verb (hun danser jo længe, hun kan jo danse længe) or at the end of a clause (Hun er her altid til lukketid, jo).

thanks to @crushedvelvetshoes for the idea c:

kaffe (en) - coffee

kaffebønner - coffee beans

mellemristet - medium roasted

mørkristet - dark roasted

filterkaffe - filter coffee

pulverkaffe - instant/powder coffee

frysetørret - freeze-dried

stempelkande (en) - cafetière/french press

kaffemaskine (en) - coffee machine

koldbrygget kaffe - cold-brew coffee

koffein - caffeine

kaffekværn (en) - coffee grinder

mælkeskummekande (en) - milk frothing jug

kaffefløde (en) - coffee cream

termokande (en) - thermos flask

karaffel (en) - carafe

krus (et) - mug

te (en) - tea

hvid/grøn/sort te - white/green/black tea

urtete - herbal tea

tekande (en) - teapot

teblade - tea leaves

tebrev (et) - teabag

tekugle (en) - tea infuser

vandkedel (en) - kettle

kogende vand - boiling water

tehandel (en) - tea shop