Usages of forstå
Forstår lægen engelsk?
Does the doctor understand English?
Nej, han forstår ikke engelsk.
No, he does not understand English.
Forstår de dansk?
Do they understand Danish?
Manden forstår ikke kollegaens besked.
The man does not understand the colleague's message.
Deres bror forstår ikke problemet.
Their brother does not understand the problem.
Vores nabo forstår ikke deres problem.
Our neighbor does not understand their problem.
Forstår hun dig?
Does she understand you?
Begynder I at forstå os?
Are you beginning to understand us?
Det er nemt at forstå engelsk.
It is easy to understand English.
Desværre forstår manden ikke dansk.
Unfortunately the man does not understand Danish.
Hun spørger om vi ikke forstår sandheden.
She asks whether we do not understand the truth.
Jeg forstår ikke hvad de to ord betyder.
I do not understand what the two words mean.
Forstår I spansk? — Ja, lidt.
Do you (plural) understand Spanish? — Yes, a little.
Jeg forstår meget lidt fransk.
I understand very little French.
Tak! Jeg forstår.
Thanks! I understand.
Mange tak! Jeg forstår det nu.
Thanks a lot! I understand it now.
Undskyld, jeg forstår ikke.
Sorry, I do not understand.
Man kan ikke forstå alt.
You cannot understand everything.
Jeg forstår ikke hvor hun finder forklaringen.
I do not understand where she finds the explanation.
Læreren ved ikke hvorfor hun ikke forstår forklaringen.
The teacher does not know why she does not understand the explanation.
De unge forstår ikke den gamle generation.
The young do not understand the old generation.
Hun forstår hverken valget eller alternativet.
She understands neither the choice nor the alternative.
Vi har let ved at forstå kemien i undervisningen.
We find it easy to understand the chemistry in class.
I går havde hun let ved at forstå fysikken.
Yesterday she found it easy to understand the physics.
Pigen læser meget for at have let ved at forstå teksten.
The girl reads a lot in order to find it easy to understand the text.
Konen elsker matematikken fordi hun har let ved at forstå den.
The wife loves the math because she finds it easy to understand.
Jeg forstår ikke handlingen, og den er helt umulig.
I do not understand the plot, and it is completely impossible.
Når vi forstår overtroen, bliver vi ikke bange.
When we understand the superstition, we do not become afraid.
Jeg forstår det ikke endnu.
I do not understand it yet.
Pigen kan ikke forstå den abstrakte stil.
The girl cannot understand the abstract style.
Den nye udlænding forstår derimod ikke dialekten.
The new foreigner, on the other hand, does not understand the dialect.
Selvom hun ikke forstår dialekten, lærer hun alligevel sproget.
Although she does not understand the dialect, she learns the language anyway.
Han forstod da vittigheden. Det er ikke noget slemt.
Surely he understood the joke. It is nothing bad.
Situationen var uheldig, og han forstod os aldrig.
The situation was unfortunate, and he never understood us.
Han beklager forsinkelsen, men jeg forstår ham ikke.
He apologizes for the delay, but I do not understand him.
Jeg forstår bare ikke hvorfor du tøver.
I simply do not understand why you are hesitating.
De simple regler er nemme at forstå.
The simple rules are easy to understand.
Sommetider forstår vi ikke hinandens tanker.
Sometimes we do not understand each other's thoughts.
Partnerne forstår svagheden i hinandens forretning.
The partners understand the weakness in each other's business.
Jeg forstår det simpelthen ikke.
I simply do not understand it.
Udfordringen er for kompliceret fordi denne app er for avanceret til at forstå.
The challenge is too complicated because this app is too advanced to understand.
Jeg forstår godt behovet for at have lejren for sig selv.
I well understand the need to have the camp to oneself.
Han forstår behovet for at være for sig selv.
He understands the need to be by himself.
Der var ingen som forstod hvem der skabte konflikten.
There was no one who understood who created the conflict.
Vi vil gerne forstå kropssproget hos vores idol.
We would like to understand the body language of our idol.
Hun ser ud som om hun forstår manualen.
She looks as if she understands the manual.
Moren forstår ikke værdien af teknologien hvorimod sønnen elsker det digitale liv.
The mother does not understand the value of technology whereas the son loves the digital life.
Forstår du vigtigheden af sandheden?
Do you understand the importance of the truth?
Vi forstår ikke hendes tænkning.
We do not understand her thinking.
Vores nye astronom forstår universet meget bedre nu.
Our new astronomer understands the universe much better now.
Hvis hun ikke vedlagde afsnittet, ville vi ikke forstå fremgangsmåden.
If she did not enclose the section, we would not understand the procedure.
Desværre forstår anmelderen ikke oversætteren.
Unfortunately, the reviewer does not understand the translator.
Efterhånden forstår jeg mere dansk.
Gradually I understand more Danish.
Efter at have læst bogen forstod jeg mere.
After having read the book, I understood more.
Læseren forstår den stærkt kritiserede bog.
The reader understands the highly criticized book.
Vi forstår modviljen, men beslutningen lader sig ikke tilsidesætte.
We understand the reluctance, but the decision cannot be set aside.
Vi er begyndt at forstå at det at slappe af reducerer pulsen.
We have begun to understand that relaxing lowers the pulse.
At rovdyret forsvarer territoriet, forstår begge jægere.
That the predator defends the territory, both hunters understand.
Jeg forstår ikke valutaen i dette land.
I do not understand the currency in this country.
Jeg forstår ikke den grammatik selvom den er simpel.
I do not understand that grammar even though it is simple.
Lader du eleven læse grammatikken, forstår han den næsten.
If you let the student read the grammar, he almost understands it.
Det kræver noget af en kender at forstå vinen.
It requires quite a connoisseur to understand the wine.
Vi forstår desværre stadig ikke ironien i parodien.
We unfortunately still do not understand the irony in the parody.
Du har at læse noden for at forstå harmonien.
You absolutely must read the note to understand the harmony.
Forstår ikke din sure emoji.
Don't understand your angry emoji.
Hvad angår størrelsesguiden, er den alt for kompliceret at forstå.
As for the size guide, it is way too complicated to understand.
Pigen der har svært ved at forstå sproget, bruger rejseguiden.
The girl who has a hard time understanding the language uses the travel guide.
Begge to læser signaturforklaringen for at forstå målestoksforholdet.
Both of them read the map key to understand the scale.
Jeg forstår faktisk stadig ikke pointen med mødet.
I actually still don't understand the point of the meeting.
I begyndelsen var det svært at forstå dansk.
In the beginning it was hard to understand Danish.
Mange unge forstår ikke faren.
Many young people do not understand the danger.
Digtet er vanskeligt at forstå.
The poem is difficult to understand.
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