Jeg kan godt lide formen på den nye vase.

Kan godt lide is the normal everyday way to say like in Danish.

So:

• Jeg kan godt lide formen = I like the shape
• literally, it looks like I can well like the shape, but that is not how it functions in modern Danish

Using lide by itself is much less common in ordinary speech. A learner should usually memorize kunne lide / kan lide / kan godt lide as the standard expression for to like.

Not really. In this expression, godt does not translate directly as well.

In kan godt lide, godt helps make the phrase sound natural and idiomatic. It often gives a slightly softer or more natural tone, but in many cases the English translation is still just like.

Compare:

• Jeg kan lide det = I like it
• Jeg kan godt lide det = I like it

Both are possible, but kan godt lide is extremely common and often sounds more natural in everyday Danish.

Yes, you can. It is grammatically correct.

However, Jeg kan godt lide... is often the more idiomatic everyday phrasing. Leaving out godt can sound a little more direct or plain, depending on context.

So both work:

• Jeg kan lide formen på den nye vase
• Jeg kan godt lide formen på den nye vase

But many learners will hear and use the second version more often.

Because formen is the definite form of form.

• en form = a shape / a form
• formen = the shape / the form

In the sentence, we are talking about a specific shape: the shape of the new vase. That is why Danish uses the definite form formen.

Here på means something like of in English.

So:

• formen på vasen = the shape of the vase
• literally: the shape on the vase

This is a very common Danish structure. Danish often uses a preposition where English uses of or an apostrophe construction.

More examples:

• farven på bilen = the color of the car
• taget på huset = the roof of the house
• navnet på byen = the name of the town

So på is completely natural here.

Because when a noun has an adjective in a definite noun phrase, Danish usually uses:

• den/det/de + adjective + noun in its basic form

So:

• en ny vase = a new vase
• den nye vase = the new vase

You do not usually say den nye vasen in standard Danish.

This is an important pattern:

• det store hus = the big house
• den røde bil = the red car
• de gamle bøger = the old books

But when there is no adjective, Danish often puts definiteness on the noun itself:

• vasen = the vase
• huset = the house

Because the adjective comes after den, which marks definiteness.

Compare:

• en ny vase = a new vase
• den nye vase = the new vase

In a definite phrase, the adjective usually takes -e:

• den nye vase
• det store hus
• de gamle bøger

So nye is required because the phrase is definite.

Vase is a common gender noun in Danish:

• en vase = a vase

That matters because common gender nouns use den in the definite phrase:

• den nye vase

If it were a neuter noun, you would use det instead.

For example:

• et hus = a house
• det nye hus = the new house

In a normal main clause, Danish usually puts the finite verb early in the sentence.

So the standard word order is:

• Jeg kan godt lide formen...

Here:

• Jeg = subject
• kan = finite verb
• godt = adverb
• lide = infinitive

This order is natural in a main clause.
Jeg godt kan lide... is not the normal word order for a simple statement.

You may see different word order in subordinate clauses, for example:

• ...at jeg godt kan lide formen = ...that I like the shape

So word order changes depending on clause type.

No. Kan godt lide means like, while elsker means love.

Compare:

• Jeg kan godt lide formen på den nye vase = I like the shape of the new vase
• Jeg elsker formen på den nye vase = I love the shape of the new vase

So elsker is much stronger.

Yes, that is possible.

Synes om can also mean like, and in some contexts it can sound a little more formal or more focused on opinion.

Compare:

• Jeg kan godt lide formen på den nye vase
• Jeg synes godt om formen på den nye vase

Both can be translated as I like the shape of the new vase, but kan godt lide is often the more everyday, common choice.

Often, no. In everyday spoken Danish, jeg is frequently pronounced more like yai, yæi, or even a reduced form depending on region and speed.

So learners are often surprised that:

• jeg is spelled one way
• but sounds quite different in real speech

This is very normal in Danish. It is a good idea to learn both the spelling and the common spoken pronunciation.

Yes, a few things:

• jeg often sounds quite reduced in natural speech
• godt has a final t that may be softer than an English speaker expects
• lide is usually pronounced roughly like LEE-thə or LEE-də, depending on accent and style
• nye can be tricky because the vowels are not like English new
• Danish rhythm and reduced vowels make the whole sentence sound smoother and less sharply pronounced than the spelling suggests

A learner may understand the grammar before recognizing the sentence in fast speech, and that is completely normal.