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### Preferring One Thing Over Another

To say that you "would rather" do something, use the adverb **hellere** (rather). It is the comparative form of **gerne** (gladly). 

It is typically paired with the modal verb **vil** (want). While **vil gerne** means "would like to," **vil hellere** means "would rather."

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### Expressing Your Top Choice

When you have three or more options, or want to state what you like to do *best*, use **helst** (preferably). This is the superlative form in the sequence **gerne** – **hellere** – **helst**. 

Pairing it with **vil** gives you **vil helst** ("prefer to" or "want most of all").

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### Asking and Contrasting

Use **hellere** to ask someone to choose between two specific options, or mix **hellere** and **helst** to contrast what different people want.

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Degrees of preference (hellere, helst)

adjective

adverb

conjunction

determiner

interjection

noun

numeral

particle

phrase

preposition

pronoun

sentence

verb

Definite nouns and the copula (-en, -et, er)

Indefinite articles (en, et)

Present tense verbs and word order (-r)

Plural subject pronouns (vi, I, de)

The verb to have (har)

Yes/No questions

Wh-questions (hvad, hvem, hvor)

Main clause negation (ikke)

Regular noun plurals (-er, -r)

Short noun plurals (-e)

Definite plurals (-ne)

Neuter adjective agreement (-t)

Plural adjective agreement (-e)

Adjectives with indefinite nouns

Adjectives with definite nouns (den / det / de ... -e)

Numbers 1 to 10

Numbers 11 to 20

Counting by tens to 100

Expressing age (er ... år)

Genitive possession (-s)

Singular possessives (min, din)

Third-person possessives (hans, hendes)

Plural possessives (vores, jeres, deres)

Reflexive possessives (sin, sit, sine)

Singular object pronouns (mig, dig)

Plural object pronouns (os, jer, dem)

The infinitive marker (at)

The modal verb can (kan)

The modal verb want to (vil)

The modal verb must (skal)

Negating modal verbs

Inversion after adverbs

Prepositions of position (i, på)

Prepositions of direction (til, fra)

Days of the week (mandag, tirsdag...)

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Telling time (hel, halv, kvart)

Coordinating conjunctions (og, men, eller)

Subordinating conjunctions (at, fordi)

Subordinate clause negation

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Zero-ending neuter plurals

The Human Body: Head and Face

The Human Body: Limbs and Torso

Personal Hygiene

Digital Life

Tools and Hardware

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Short answers (Ja, det gør jeg)

Greetings (hej, godmorgen, farvel)

Thanks and apologies (tak, undskyld)

Jobs and nationalities (Hun er lærer)

Likes and dislikes (kan godt lide)

Somebody and something (nogen, noget, ingen)

How much? (meget, lidt, mere, nok)

With, by, over and under (med, ved, over, under)

Ordinals and dates (den første april)

Wishes for every occasion (tillykke, god bedring)

Times of day (om morgenen, om aftenen)

My day (stå op, gå i seng)

Past tense I: -ede and -te (i går)

My new hat (min nye hat, små, gamle)

Past tense II: irregular verbs (var, havde, gik)

Reacting in a conversation (nå, det lyder godt)

The family and irregular plurals (mænd, børn, fødder)

In the shop (Hvad koster det?)

Demonstratives: that and those (den, det, de)

Demonstratives: this and these (denne, dette, disse)

Adverbs of manner (-t)

Comparing things (-ere, end)

Superlative adjectives (-est)

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Irregular adjective comparison

Comparing long adjectives (mere, mest)

The reflexive pronoun (sig)

Reflexive verbs

Reciprocal verbs (-s)

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Present perfect tense with regular verbs (har... -et/-t)

Present perfect tense with irregular verbs (har...)

Present perfect tense with movement (er...)

Past perfect tense (havde / var...)

Question	Answer
rather	hellere
indoors	indendørs
the series	serien
When it rains, I would rather stay indoors and watch the series.	Når det regner, vil jeg hellere blive indendørs og se serien.
the horror movie	gyserfilmen
the comedy	komedien
He would like to watch the horror movie, but I would rather watch the comedy.	Han vil gerne se gyserfilmen, men jeg vil hellere se komedien.
the board game	brætspillet
outdoors	udendørs
The children would rather play the board game outdoors.	Børnene vil hellere spille brætspillet udendørs.
the swimming pool	svømmehallen
preferably	helst
would rather, would most like to	ville helst
the documentary	dokumentaren
The girl likes the swimming pool, but she prefers to watch the documentary.	Pigen kan lide svømmehallen, men hun vil helst se dokumentaren.
Would you rather watch a horror movie or the series?	Vil du hellere se en gyserfilm eller serien?
We prefer to play the board game, because the comedy is boring.	Vi vil helst spille brætspillet fordi komedien er kedelig.
When it is cold, they would rather watch the documentary indoors.	Når det er koldt, vil de hellere se dokumentaren indendørs.
The men prefer to use the swimming pool, which is indoors.	Mændene vil helst bruge svømmehallen, som er indendørs.
The woman, who is here, would rather read books than watch the comedy.	Kvinden, som er her, vil hellere læse bøger end se komedien.
I have played the board game, so now I prefer to watch the series.	Jeg har spillet brætspillet, så nu vil jeg helst se serien.
He would rather watch the movie indoors, but she prefers to be outdoors.	Han vil hellere se filmen indendørs, men hun vil helst være udendørs.
to like best	kunne bedst lide
I would rather stay at home today.	Jeg vil helst blive hjemme i dag.
I like coffee best.	Jeg kan bedst lide kaffe.
What do you like best?	Hvad kan du bedst lide?
the programme (on TV, the radio); the program (on a computer)	programmet
Which programme would you most like to watch?	Hvilket program vil du helst se?
I have a new program on the computer.	Jeg har et nyt program på computeren.

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