et

an

Usages of et

• Jeg bliver altid nervøs, når jeg skal tale dansk til et vigtigt møde.: I always get nervous when I have to speak Danish at an important meeting.
• Jeg åbner et vindue i stuen.: I open a window in the living room.
• Først skærer jeg et løg med en skarp kniv på skærebrættet.: First I cut an onion with a sharp knife on the cutting board.
• Min mor lægger et æg og et æble i min madpakke, så jeg ikke bliver sulten i skolen.: My mother puts an egg and an apple in my packed lunch so I do not get hungry at school.
• Jeg læser også beskederne i chatten, når læreren deler et vigtigt ord.: I also read the messages in the chat when the teacher shares an important word.
• Klokken kvart i otte finder jeg et ledigt sæde i metroen på den samme linje.: At quarter to eight I find an available seat on the metro on the same line.
• Min nabo sælger et gammelt møbel på loppemarkedet på lørdag.: My neighbor is selling an old piece of furniture at the flea market on Saturday.
• Det er ikke længe siden, min nabo havde gips på det samme håndled efter et uheld.: It has not been long since my neighbor had a cast on the same wrist after an accident.
• I forgårs talte min mor om et gammelt uheld, hvor hun også slog hoften.: The day before yesterday, my mother talked about an old accident in which she also hurt her hip.
• Hun siger, at det er længe siden, hun sidst havde et uheld, og at hun nu går langsommere på trappen.: She says that it has been a long time since she last had an accident, and that she now walks more slowly on the stairs.
• Min lærer siger, at et spørgsmålstegn passer bedre end et udråbstegn, når man faktisk stiller et spørgsmål.: My teacher says that a question mark fits better than an exclamation mark when you are actually asking a question.
• "Lille" er et tillægsord, men i flertal ændrer nogle tillægsord form.: “Lille” is an adjective, but in the plural some adjectives change form.
• Det var først da læreren satte et ekstra komma ind, at jeg forstod meningen med hele afsnittet.: It was only when the teacher inserted an extra comma that I understood the meaning of the whole paragraph.

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