At the supermarket Shh no talking please!.pdf

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At the supermarket…shhh, no talking!

Expressions

Danish

English

Bare på beløbet tak.

Just charge me the exact amount.

(Lit: Just on the amount, thanks.)

Kan du lave den på 100 kroner over?

Can I withdraw 100 kroner extra?

(Lit: Can you make it on a 100 kroner

on top?)

Bare på beløbet?

Do you want me to charge the

exact amount?

(Lit: Just on the amount?)

Ja, det er fint.

Yes, that’s fine.

Må jeg bede om en pose/to poser?

Can I have a bag/two bags?

(Lit: Can I ask for a bag?)

Stor eller lille?

Big or small?

Undskyld, gider du tage en pose til mig?

Excuse me, could you get a bag for me?

Tak skal du have.

Thank you.

(Lit: Thanks shall you have.)

Undskyld, jeg leder efter xxx. Hvor har I det?

Excuse me, I’m looking for xxx. Where

do you keep that?

Undskyld, jeg kan ikke finde xxx.

Excuse me, I can’t find xxx.

Ved du om I har det?

Do you know if you have that?

Det er den vej.

It is that way.

Gider du vise mig det?

Could you show me?

(Lit: Will you show me it?)

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Words

Syltede agurker

pickled cucumber

Majsmel

corn flour

Kanel

cinnamon

El pærer

light balls

Peanut smør

peanut butter

Grøn te

green tea

Gider

to bother to do something

100 = hundrede

Challenge: What was todays offer at the super?

3 packets for 35 kroner.

Pronunciation highlights

Hundre d e* = 10 ( The first ’d’ is mute. For the second ’ d ’ please see below.)

* (The ’ d ’ should sound similar to ’th’ in ’ th is’)

Conversation between

you and a supermarket employee.

For a translation of this dialogue, please listen to the podcast.

You:

Undskyld, jeg leder efter ingefær. Hvor har I det?

Employee:

Frisk ingefær? Det har vi slet ikke.

You:

Nej, jeg mener stødt ingefær.

Employee:

Nåå, okay. Det har vi måske. Hvis vi har det, så står

det på krydderihylderne. Det er den vej. Lige bag

ved mel og sukker.

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You:

Okay. Tak skal du have. Og så skal jeg faktisk

også bruge noget tærtedej. Du ved godt, de der

pakker hvor dejen er rullet sammen.

Employee:

Ja. Hmmm. Nu skal jeg lige se. Her er de. Der er 3

pakker for 35 kroner. Normalt koster de 17 kroner

stykket.

You:

Herligt! Ved du om de kan fryses?

Employee:

Nej, men jeg tror det står på pakken. Altså, det vil

jeg næsten tro de kan.

You:

Okay, tak for hjælpen.

Employee:

Selv tak. Det var så lidt.

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Learn, remember and use it forever!

First … Create flash cards! A flash card is a piece of cardboard with Danish

on one side and English on the other. Or you can download the free software

Anki, and make electronic flash cards. The program will space your repetitions

for you according to how well you have learned each card. Download Anki:

http://ichi2.net/anki/

It’s fine to make cards with single words, just make sure also to do one card for

each whole phrase. This is important.

Then …Flip through your flash cards many times a week. Preferably every

day.

And finally …Use these expressions whenever you have the chance.

Never mind if you are having a conversation in English. Just go ahead and

speak your Danish phrases! People will love you for it!

Why do some phrases have two translations?

In the lists of phrases in these Pdf lesson notes some phrases appear with two

translations. One, that comes first. And an extra one, that appears in

parenthesis.Why?

In many phrases, each word takes on slightly diferent meaning, when the whole

phrase is translated to another language. Some words even dissappear and new

word occur.

You need to learn the phrase and it’s English equivalent as one vocabulary item.

Because you are learning to use Danish for real life communiation. You are NOT

learning to act as anybodys dictionary. However, if you are curious to know more, you

can check out the alternative translation, which appears in parenthesis like this:

(Lit: ’That can I unfortunately not handle.’)

But, don’t worry too much about the alternative translation in parenthesis. You need

to focus on the first translation given :

Det kan jeg desværre ikke klare.

I’m afraid that’s not possible.

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