Getting there
fremme is "there" in the sense of arrived: at the end of a journey. English asks Are we there yet?; Danish can say Er vi der snart?, but the word made for arriving is fremme:
| When will we be there? | Hvornår er vi fremme? |
| Call me when you get there. | Ring til mig når du er fremme. |
The der you know is "there" as a place (Han bor der). Fremme is about getting somewhere.
opleve is "to experience", the verb behind oplevelsen. It is a common way to ask about a trip:
| What did you experience in Spain? | Hvad oplevede I i Spanien? |
One and a half, and the season
halvanden is "one and a half", written as one word. The noun after it stays singular: halvanden time, halvanden liter. With an et-word it is halvandet: halvandet år.
| The trip to the beach takes an hour and a half. | Turen til stranden tager halvanden time. |
sæsonen is the season of an activity: the tourist season, the strawberry season. I sæsonen means "in the busy season". The four seasons of the year are usually called årstider, not sæsoner.
| The hotel is expensive during the season. | Hotellet er dyrt i sæsonen. |
The people you meet
| country | a person | the language / adjective |
|---|---|---|
| Tyskland | en tysker → tyskeren | tysk |
| Frankrig | en franskmand → franskmanden | fransk |
| Italien | en italiener | italiensk |
| Kina | en kineser | kinesisk |
Franskmand ends in mand, so its plural is irregular like mand: to franskmænd, franskmændene.
| The French people at the hotel are very friendly. | Franskmændene på hotellet er meget venlige. |
Languages and adjectives take a small letter, as with dansk and engelsk:
| My sister is learning Chinese. | Min søster lærer kinesisk. |
