Exams and poems
| Danish | English |
|---|---|
| dumpe | to fail (an exam) |
| digtet | the poem |
| vanskelig | difficult |
Dumpe is the opposite of bestå, "to pass". You usually dumpe til eksamen, with til:
| He failed the exam. | Han dumpede til eksamen. |
| If you fail, you can take the test again. | Hvis du dumper, kan du tage prøven igen. |
Digt is a t-word: et digt, digtet, digte. The person who writes one is a digter.
| We are reading a Danish poem in class. | Vi læser et dansk digt i klassen. |
Vanskelig and svær both mean "difficult". Svær is the everyday spoken word; vanskelig is a little more formal and common in writing. Both go with at + infinitive:
| The poem is difficult to understand. | Digtet er vanskeligt at forstå. |
Shapes and places
Cirkel loses its e when it gets an ending: en cirkel, cirklen, cirkler.
| The pupils are sitting in a circle. | Eleverne sidder i en cirkel. |
Flad follows the normal rules: fladt (neuter), flade (plural and after den/det).
| Denmark is a flat country. | Danmark er et fladt land. |
Øverst means "at the very top". It usually goes with på: øverst på papiret, øverst på hylden. Its opposite is nederst, at the bottom.
| Write your name at the top of the paper. | Skriv dit navn øverst på papiret. |
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