Learn Danish: Kvinden køber kager. - The woman buys cakes.

The singular word for 'a cake' is en kage. Because it already ends in an 'e', Danish just adds an '-r' to make it plural (kager). If a regular noun does not end in 'e', you usually add the full '-er' to make it plural.

Could Kvinden køber kager also mean 'The woman is buying cakes'?

Yes! Danish does not have a separate continuous tense like the English '-ing' words. The present tense verb køber covers both 'buys' as a habit and 'is buying' right now. You can tell which one it is from the context.

How do we know kvinden means 'the woman' and not just 'a woman'?

In Danish, the word for 'the' is attached to the end of the noun. The basic word is en kvinde (a woman). To say 'the woman', you attach the 'n' from en to the end of the noun, making it kvinden.

What would the sentence look like if she was buying 'the cakes'?

To make a plural noun definite ('the cakes'), you add -ne to the end of the plural form. So 'the cakes' becomes kagerne, and the sentence would be Kvinden køber kagerne.