Jeg lægger også nogle jordbær ved siden af salaten og hælder kold saft i glassene.

The sentence is in the present tense.

• at lægge → lægger
• at hælde → hælder

In Danish, the present tense is usually made by adding -r to the infinitive.

So this sentence can mean either:

• I put / I pour
• or, depending on context, I am putting / I am pouring

Danish does not use a separate continuous form the way English does.

Because Danish uses different verbs depending on the kind of action:

• lægge = to lay / put / place something down, especially something solid
• hælde = to pour something liquid

So:

• jordbær are solid, so you lægger them
• saft is liquid, so you hælder it

This is very natural Danish word choice.

Because both verbs have the same subject: jeg.

So Jeg lægger ... og hælder ... means:

• I put ... and pour ...

Danish often leaves the subject unstated in the second part when it is clearly the same as in the first part. You could repeat jeg, but it would usually sound unnecessary unless you wanted extra emphasis.

That is normal Danish main-clause word order.

When the subject comes first, the basic pattern is often:

• subject + finite verb + sentence adverb

So:

• Jeg lægger også ...

not usually:

• Jeg også lægger ...

This is the same pattern you see with words like ikke:

• Jeg kommer ikke
• Jeg lægger også nogle jordbær ...

nogle means some when talking about plural countable nouns.

So:

• nogle jordbær = some strawberries

It shows an indefinite number, not a specific known set.

A useful contrast:

• nogle jordbær = some strawberries
• lidt saft = some juice

You use nogle for things you can count, and lidt for uncountable amounts.

Here it is plural.

The clue is nogle, which requires a plural noun:

• et jordbær = a strawberry
• nogle jordbær = some strawberries

The word jordbær has the same form in singular and plural, so the determiner tells you which one it is.

ved siden af is a fixed expression meaning next to or beside.

So:

• ved siden af salaten = next to the salad

It is best learned as one whole phrase, not as three separate words you translate one by one.

You will often see it with a noun phrase after it:

• ved siden af bordet = next to the table
• ved siden af salaten = next to the salad

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

• salat = salad
• salaten = the salad

So the -en ending works like English the here.

That is why Danish normally says:

• salaten

rather than a separate article before the noun.

glassene is the definite plural form of glas.

• et glas = a glass
• glas = glasses
• glassene = the glasses

So the ending -ene marks the + plural.

Notice that Danish often builds definiteness directly into the noun:

• glas → glassene

rather than using a separate word like English the.

Because saft is:

• singular
• indefinite
• a common-gender noun

With an indefinite singular common-gender noun, the adjective usually has its basic form:

• kold saft

Compare:

• kold saft = cold juice
• det kolde vand = the cold water
• kolde drikke = cold drinks

So kolde would be used in other situations, but not here.

saft usually means some kind of juice or fruit drink.

Depending on context, it can mean:

• juice
• cordial
• squash
• a sweet fruit drink

So in a sentence like this, kold saft is most naturally understood as cold juice or cold fruit drink.

Because the juice is being poured into the glasses, not onto them.

So Danish uses:

• i glassene = in / into the glasses

If you said på glassene, it would suggest something being on the glasses, which is not the meaning here.

In Danish, i is often used where English would say both in and into, especially after verbs of movement like hælde.

Yes. A helpful breakdown is:

• Jeg = subject
• lægger = finite verb
• også = adverb
• nogle jordbær = object
• ved siden af salaten = place expression
• og hælder = second verb phrase joined with and
• kold saft = object
• i glassene = place/direction expression

So the sentence structure is basically:

• I also put some strawberries next to the salad and pour cold juice into the glasses.

Seeing the chunks like this makes Danish word order much easier to follow.