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### First, second, third

| | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. første | 2. anden | 3. tredje | 4. fjerde |
| 5. femte | 6. sjette | 7. syvende | 8. ottende |
| 9. niende | 10. tiende | | |

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### Saying the date

A Danish date is **den** + ordinal + month — no *of*:

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To ask for the date, use **{{item:1172327}}**:

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### Next and birthdays

**{{item:1172333}}** (next) goes straight before the day: *næste fredag*. A birthday party is **{{item:1172335}}** — literally *hold birthday*:

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### Years

Years are said like ordinary numbers with **{{item:1172338}}** (thousand): 2005 is *to tusind og fem*.

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Ordinals and dates (den første april)

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...)

Months of the year (januar, februar...)

Telling time (hel, halv, kvart)

Coordinating conjunctions (og, men, eller)

Subordinating conjunctions (at, fordi)

Subordinate clause negation

Commands (køb, vent, spis)

Zero-ending neuter plurals

The Human Body: Head and Face

The Human Body: Limbs and Torso

Personal Hygiene

Digital Life

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Common Materials

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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)

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)

Definite superlative adjectives (-este)

Irregular adjective comparison

Comparing long adjectives (mere, mest)

The reflexive pronoun (sig)

Reflexive verbs

Reciprocal verbs (-s)

Deponent verbs (-s)

Past opinions (syntes)

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...)

Future with present tense

Question	Answer
first	første
Today it is the first of April.	I dag er det den første april.
It is his first trip.	Det er hans første tur.
second	anden
The meeting is on the second of September.	Mødet er den anden september.
The train runs on the second of May.	Toget kører den anden maj.
third	tredje
We live in the third house.	Vi bor i det tredje hus.
fourth	fjerde
The fourth of January is a Monday.	Den fjerde januar er en mandag.
I have to work on the fourth of December.	Jeg skal arbejde den fjerde december.
fifth	femte
The fifth book is good.	Den femte bog er god.
sixth	sjette
The school begins on the sixth of August.	Skolen begynder den sjette august.
It is her sixth trip to the city.	Det er hendes sjette tur til byen.
seventh	syvende
Saturday is the seventh of July.	Lørdag er den syvende juli.
He lives in the seventh house.	Han bor i det syvende hus.
eighth	ottende
The party is on the eighth of March.	Festen er den ottende marts.
I am reading the eighth book.	Jeg læser den ottende bog.
ninth	niende
She comes home on the ninth of October.	Hun kommer hjem den niende oktober.
The ninth house is old.	Det niende hus er gammelt.
tenth	tiende
The tenth of November is a Friday.	Den tiende november er en fredag.
We are coming on the tenth of June.	Vi kommer den tiende juni.
the date	datoen
The date is the fifth of June.	Datoen er den femte juni.
What is the date today?	Hvad er datoen i dag?
the birthday	fødselsdagen
My birthday is on the third of May.	Min fødselsdag er den tredje maj.
Her birthday is in October.	Hendes fødselsdag er i oktober.
next	næste
The meeting is next Friday.	Mødet er næste fredag.
to have a birthday party	holde fødselsdag
She is having a birthday party next Saturday.	Hun holder fødselsdag næste lørdag.
We are having a birthday party in the garden.	Vi holder fødselsdag i haven.
thousand	tusind
The city has a thousand houses.	Byen har tusind huse.
The house is from two thousand and five.	Huset er fra to tusind og fem.

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