Jeg viser min veninde dokumentet på skærmen, men hun vil hellere læse det på papir.

Veninde means female friend. Danish often distinguishes:

• en ven = a male friend
• en veninde = a female friend

So min veninde means my female friend.

Importantly, ven/veninde normally means a friend, not a romantic partner. For boyfriend/girlfriend in the romantic sense, Danish usually uses kæreste.

Because veninde is a common-gender noun: en veninde.

In Danish, possessives like min/mit/mine agree with the noun that follows:

• min
  • common gender singular noun
• mit
  • neuter singular noun
• mine
  • plural noun

So:

• min veninde
• mit dokument
• mine venner

Danish usually puts the definite article at the end of the noun.

• et dokument = a document
• dokumentet = the document

Because dokument is a neuter noun (et dokument), the definite ending is -et.

This is one of the biggest differences from English, where the is a separate word.

Yes. Danish can express this in more than one way.

This sentence uses the pattern:

• vise + person + thing
  → Jeg viser min veninde dokumentet

Another common option is:

• vise + thing + til + person
  → Jeg viser dokumentet til min veninde

Both are natural. The version in your sentence is very common when both objects are short and clear.

Because skærm is a common-gender noun:

• en skærm = a screen
• skærmen = the screen

So på skærmen means on the screen.

In this context, Danish normally uses the definite form. English sometimes says on screen, but here Danish prefers på skærmen.

Hellere means rather.

So:

• hun vil hellere læse det på papir
  = she would rather read it on paper

It expresses preference between options.

A useful comparison:

• gerne = gladly / willingly
• hellere = rather
• helst = preferably / most of all

For example:

• Jeg læser gerne. = I like reading / I’m happy to read.
• Jeg vil hellere læse. = I’d rather read.
• Jeg læser helst om aftenen. = I prefer to read in the evening.

Because after a modal verb like vil, Danish uses the infinitive without at.

So:

• hun vil læse = she wants to read / she will read
• not hun vil at læse

This is the same pattern you see with other modal verbs:

• kan læse = can read
• skal læse = must / will read
• må læse = may read
• vil læse = wants to read / will read

Because det refers to a neuter singular noun.

Since the noun is:

• et dokument

the matching pronoun is:

• det

Danish pronouns often follow grammatical gender, not natural gender.

So:

• en bog → den
• et dokument → det
• plural nouns → de

That is why the second clause says læse det.

Because men introduces a new main clause, not a subordinate clause.

Danish main clauses follow the V2 rule: the finite verb is in the second position.

So in the second clause:

• hun = first element
• vil = finite verb in second position

That gives:

• men hun vil hellere læse det på papir

If it were a subordinate clause, the word order could be different. But after men, you normally get normal main-clause order.

Because på papir is an idiomatic expression meaning in print / on paper / as a paper copy.

So:

• læse det på papir = read it on paper

Here papir is being used more like a material or medium, so no article is needed.

By contrast, på skærmen refers to a specific screen or the screen as the display surface, so the definite form is natural.

Compare:

• på papir = on paper, in paper form
• på skærmen = on the screen

Yes, in standard Danish it is normal to put a comma before men when it connects two clauses like this.

Here the sentence has two main clauses:

• Jeg viser min veninde dokumentet på skærmen
• men hun vil hellere læse det på papir

So the comma helps mark the boundary between them.

This is one reason Danish punctuation can look a bit more comma-heavy than English to learners.