Jeg har ikke tid nu, måske en anden gang.

In Danish, at have tid means to have time, just like in English.

• jeg har = I have
• jeg er = I am

So Jeg har ikke tid literally matches English very closely: I do not have time.

In a main clause in Danish, the negation ikke usually comes after the finite verb.

So:

• Jeg har ikke tid = correct
• Jeg ikke har tid = not correct in a normal main clause

A useful pattern is:

• subject + verb + ikke + ...

Examples:

• Jeg kommer ikke i dag = I’m not coming today
• Han kan ikke hjælpe = He can’t help

Because tid is being used in a general, uncountable sense, like time in English.

So:

• Jeg har ikke tid = I don’t have time

You would not normally say I don’t have a time in English here, and Danish works the same way.

Nu means now, but in this sentence it often has the sense of right now / at the moment.

So:

• Jeg har ikke tid nu = I don’t have time now / right now

In everyday Danish, this is a very natural way to say that you are unavailable at the moment.

This is a very common kind of ellipsis in Danish, where part of the sentence is left out because it is understood from context.

The full idea would be something like:

• Måske kan vi gøre det en anden gang
• Måske en anden gang is just the shorter, natural version

So this fragment means:

• maybe another time
• perhaps some other time

English does the same thing:

• Not now, maybe another time.

En anden gang means another time or some other time.

Breakdown:

• en = a
• anden = other / second / another
• gang = time / occasion

Here gang does not mean clock time. It means an occasion or instance.

So:

• en anden gang = another occasion / another time

Because gang is a common gender noun in Danish, so it takes en, not et.

That also affects the form of anden:

• common gender: en anden gang
• neuter gender would be: et andet ...

So the phrase has to agree with the gender of gang.

Yes, sometimes, but in this sentence Måske en anden gang is the most natural short expression.

For example, you could also say:

• Jeg har måske ikke tid nu = I maybe don’t have time now
  But this changes the meaning slightly and sounds more uncertain.

Or:

• Måske har jeg tid en anden gang = Maybe I’ll have time another time

In your sentence, måske introduces the idea politely and naturally:

• not now, maybe another time

Yes, the comma is natural and standard here because the sentence has two parts:

• Jeg har ikke tid nu
• måske en anden gang

The comma helps show the pause between:

• the refusal or unavailability now
• the softer follow-up suggestion for later

In speech, you would normally pause there too.

It is generally polite enough, especially because måske en anden gang softens the message.

• Jeg har ikke tid nu alone can sound quite direct: I don’t have time now
• adding måske en anden gang makes it friendlier: maybe another time

If you want to sound even softer, you could say:

• Jeg har desværre ikke tid nu, måske en anden gang
• I unfortunately don’t have time now, maybe another time

Adding desværre often makes it sound more considerate.

Yes. Lige nu means right now, and it is often even more natural if you want to emphasize the present moment.

Compare:

• Jeg har ikke tid nu = I don’t have time now
• Jeg har ikke tid lige nu = I don’t have time right now

Both are correct. Lige nu is just a bit more specific and conversational.

In careful pronunciation, roughly:

• Jeg sounds a bit like yai
• har often sounds like ha
• ikke sounds roughly like ig-ge
• tid sounds a bit like teeð with a soft final sound
• nu sounds like noo
• måske sounds roughly like MO-sgeh
• en anden gang is often said quite smoothly together

In natural speech, some words get reduced:

• har may be very weak
• en may sound very short
• the whole sentence can flow together quite a lot

So even if you know each word separately, spoken Danish may sound faster and less clearly separated.

Almost, yes.

Word-for-word:

• Jeg = I
• har = have
• ikke = not
• tid = time
• nu = now
• måske = maybe
• en anden gang = another time

A natural English translation would be:

• I don’t have time now, maybe another time.

So this is actually a very close match between Danish and English, which makes it a useful beginner sentence.