Simple, special and busy (enkel, speciel, travl)

Five everyday adjectives

Travl describes a busy day, week or place. For a busy person, Danish uses the fixed phrase have travlt: Jeg har travlt.

Speciel is "special" in the sense of unusual, a little strange, and can be a polite way to say you don't like something: Han har en meget speciel humor.

Adjectives as adverbs

Like most adjectives, these take -t when they describe a verb or another adjective:

sindssyg literally means "insane", but in speech sindssygt is a common intensifier, "insanely, incredibly":

Nær

nær means "near" and also "close" about people: en nær ven, a close friend. It can stand directly before a place, like a preposition: Vi bor nær stationen.