On screen
| word | the other meaning | the meaning in this lesson |
|---|---|---|
| scenen | the stage | a scene in a film, a play or real life |
| afsnittet | a section of a text | an episode of a series |
| What happens in the next scene? | Hvad sker der i den næste scene? |
I scenen is usually a scene; på scenen is usually "on the stage".
| He made a big scene at the restaurant. | Han lavede en stor scene på restauranten. |
As in English, you can lave en scene, make a scene, in real life.
| The series has ten episodes. | Serien har ti afsnit. |
Afsnit has the same form in the plural: et afsnit, ti afsnit.
Fairy tales and fashion
eventyret is a fairy tale. The same word also means an adventure.
| H.C. Andersen wrote many fairy tales. | H.C. Andersen skrev mange eventyr. |
Denmark's best-known writer of fairy tales.
moden is fashion. You know moden as an adjective, "mature" or "ripe" (en moden banan); the noun usually comes in phrases like på mode and gå op i mode.
| Stripes are in fashion at the moment. | Striber er på mode lige for tiden. |
På mode means "in fashion". Striber is the plural of en stribe (striben, the stripe); you know the adjective stribet.
| My sister is into fashion. | Min søster går op i mode. |
Gå op i something is to be really into it.
Betydning: meaning and importance
You know betydningen as the meaning of a word. With have stor betydning for or ingen betydning, it is about how much something matters:
| Music is of great importance to me. | Musik har stor betydning for mig. |
Music matters a lot to the speaker.
| It is of no importance what others think. | Det har ingen betydning hvad andre mener. |
A common way to say that something does not matter.
