Spending time: tilbringe
tilbringe is to spend time somewhere or with someone. It conjugates like bringe: tilbringe, tilbringer, tilbragte, har tilbragt.
| We spent a week at the summer house. | Vi tilbragte en uge i sommerhuset. |
| Danish | English |
|---|---|
| bruge tid på noget | spend time on something (an activity) |
| tilbringe tid et sted | spend time somewhere (a place, a period) |
Bruge tid på is usually about an activity; tilbringe is about a place, a period or the people you are with:
| She spends a lot of time at her grandmother's. | Hun tilbringer meget tid hos sin mormor. |
Getting there and getting lost
| Danish | English |
|---|---|
| fare vild | to get lost |
| liftet | the lift, the ride (in a car) |
| via | via, by way of |
| motoren | the engine |
Fare vild is a fixed phrase. Only fare changes: for vild in the past, and usually er faret vild in the perfect (Vi er faret vild!).
| We got lost in the forest. | Vi for vild i skoven. |
A ride in someone's car is et lift, so the definite form is liftet: Tak for liftet!
| Do you need a lift to the station? | Skal du have et lift til stationen? |
Shade, gardens and fun
skyggen is both the shade you sit in and the shadow a thing casts.
| The dog is afraid of its own shadow. | Hunden er bange for sin egen skygge. |
dyrke is to grow plants and crops, and also to do a sport regularly: dyrke sport.
| We grow potatoes and tomatoes in the garden. | Vi dyrker kartofler og tomater i haven. |
fornøjelsen is especially common in two set phrases: God fornøjelse! wishes someone a good time, and Med fornøjelse! answers a request gladly.
| Have fun at the cinema! | God fornøjelse i biografen! |
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