Small words with a big job
Like ikke, these adverbs follow the verb that carries the tense:
| I only have ten kroner. | Jeg har kun ti kroner. |
| It is almost eight o'clock. | Klokken er næsten otte. |
| Danish | English |
|---|---|
| kun | only |
| virkelig | really |
| næsten | almost |
| vist | probably, it seems |
| cirka | about, approximately |
Vist — what you have heard
Vist softens a statement: you think it is true, or someone told you so.
| She is apparently ill today. | Hun er vist syg i dag. |
Phrases of quantity and frequency
en masse is a lot of, for det meste is mostly, and i hvert fald is at any rate — a way to keep at least part of a statement safe.
| In the morning I mostly drink coffee. | Om morgenen drikker jeg for det meste kaffe. |
| I am coming tomorrow, at any rate. | Jeg kommer i hvert fald i morgen. |
Det hele
Hel (whole) becomes hele in front of a definite noun: hele dagen, the whole day. det hele means all of it.
| She ate all of it. | Hun spiste det hele. |
And fin is the everyday word for fine or nice: Det er en fin dag.
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