Jeg pakker min kuffert, før jeg går til stationen.

In Danish, the present tense is often used for actions happening now or for a near-future plan, just as in English.

So Jeg pakker min kuffert can mean:

• I am packing my suitcase
• or sometimes simply I pack my suitcase, depending on context

And før jeg går til stationen means before I go to the station.

The verb forms are:

• pakker = present tense of pakke (to pack)
• går = present tense of gå (to go / walk)

Danish does not need a separate form like English am packing here.

Because there are two clauses, and each clause needs its own subject.

The sentence is:

• Jeg pakker min kuffert = I pack/am packing my suitcase
• før jeg går til stationen = before I go to the station

The word før introduces a subordinate clause, and that clause still needs a subject, so jeg appears again.

Før means before.

It connects the main action and the later action:

• Jeg pakker min kuffert = first action
• før jeg går til stationen = second action

So the whole sentence means that the packing happens before going to the station.

In this sentence, før is functioning as a conjunction, introducing a clause.

Because går is a finite verb in a full clause, not an infinitive.

Compare:

• før jeg går = before I go
• at gå = to go

English uses to with the infinitive, but here Danish is using a normal clause with subject + verb:

• jeg går = I go

So før jeg går is not before to go; it is before I go.

In Danish, a possessive such as min usually replaces the indefinite article.

So:

• en kuffert = a suitcase
• min kuffert = my suitcase

You do not say en min kuffert.

Also, Danish possessives agree with the noun’s gender and number:

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

Since kuffert is a common gender singular noun, min is correct.

Stationen is the definite form and means the station.

Danish often adds the definite article as an ending:

• station = station
• stationen = the station

So:

• til stationen = to the station

This is very common in Danish. Instead of a separate word like English the, Danish often attaches the definiteness to the noun.

Because til means to, showing movement toward a destination.

• gå til stationen = go to the station
• være på stationen = be at the station / on the station premises

So:

• til = direction, movement
• på = location

In this sentence, the speaker is going toward the station, so til is the correct preposition.

Literally, går often means walks. But in everyday Danish, it can also be used more generally in some contexts as goes.

In this sentence, many learners will understand it as:

• I go to the station
• possibly I walk to the station, depending on context

If you want to be more explicitly general, Danish might also use another verb depending on context, but går til stationen is perfectly natural.

Because after før, Danish normally uses standard subordinate clause order:

• før jeg går

That is:

• conjunction + subject + verb

Unlike main clauses, subordinate clauses do not use the normal verb-second pattern in the same way.

So this is correct:

• Jeg pakker min kuffert, før jeg går til stationen.

If the før-clause came first, the main clause would then show inversion:

• Før jeg går til stationen, pakker jeg min kuffert.

Notice how the main clause becomes:

• pakker jeg not
• jeg pakker

In standard Danish, a comma is often used before a subordinate clause, especially in traditional comma rules.

So:

• Jeg pakker min kuffert, før jeg går til stationen.

The comma helps show that før jeg går til stationen is a separate clause connected to the main clause.

You may see some variation depending on comma style being taught, but the comma here is very normal and useful.

The dictionary forms are:

• pakke = to pack
• gå = to go / walk

In the sentence, they appear in the present tense:

• pakker
• går

This is very useful to notice, because Danish present-tense verbs often end in -r:

• pakke → pakker
• gå → går

Yes, absolutely. That means the same thing.

Compare:

• Jeg pakker min kuffert, før jeg går til stationen.
• Før jeg går til stationen, pakker jeg min kuffert.

The second version puts more focus on the time relationship first.

But notice the word order in the main clause after the fronted før-clause:

• pakker jeg not
• jeg pakker

That inversion is an important Danish word-order rule.