Looks, sounds, seems
Three verbs describe how something comes across:
| Danish | English |
|---|---|
| se ud | to look |
| lyde | to sound |
| virke | to seem |
With se ud, the adjective goes in the middle: ser træt ud.
| You look tired. | Du ser træt ud. |
| You seem tired. | Du virker træt. |
Virke has a second meaning: a machine that works. Computeren virker ikke.
As if
som om starts a subordinate clause, so ikke goes before the verb, as after fordi and at:
| It looks as if it is raining. | Det ser ud som om det regner. |
| He looks as if he has not slept. | Han ser ud som om han ikke har sovet. |
What a …!
sikke + en/et + noun is how Danes exclaim: Sikke et flot hus! And when you don't know a man's name, he is just fyren, the guy.
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