A1 Lessons 18

LESSON NOTES
Absolute Beginner S1 #18

Let Your Danish Opinion Be Heard
CONTENTS
Dialogue - Danish
Main
English
Vocabulary
Sample sentences
Vocabulary phrase usage
Grammar
Cultural insight
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DIALOGUE - DANISH
MAIN
1. Louise : Kan din søster godt lide musik?
2. Peter : Ja, hun elsker at lytte til musik.
3. Louise : Det gør jeg også.
4. Peter : Min søster kan bedst lide rock.
5. Louise : Det kan jeg ikke så godt lide.
ENGLISH
1. Louise : Does your sister like music?
2. Peter : Yes, she loves listening to music.
3. Louise : So do I.
4. Peter : My sister likes rock the best.
5. Louise : I don't like it that much.
VOCABULARY
Danish English Class
musik music noun
kunne lide can like, be fond of verb
søster sister noun
elske love verb
lytte listen verb
min my, mine possessive pronoun
bedst best adjective
ikke så godt not so good, not so well, not so much phrase
SAMPLE SENTENCES
Sangeren synger en sang. Han kan lide æblejuice.
The singer is singing a song. "He likes apple juice."

Har I set min søster? Jeg elsker dig ikke længere.
"Have you seen my sister?" "I don't love you anymore."
Kvinden lytter til musik. Min søn elsker at male billeder.
The woman is listening to music. "My son loves to paint pictures."
Min taske er for tung. Hvem er bedst?
"My bag is too heavy." "Who is best?"
Det var ikke så godt.
"It wasn't so good."
VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

Musik is the common gender noun "music." In the definite form, "the music" is musikken. The definite
article -en is added to the end of the noun, but another -k is added before this. When the vowel right in
front of a consonant is short, you double that consonant. Because the vowel i in musikken is short, you
add another consonant before the definite article. Otherwise, it would be pronounced incorrectly as a
long vowel.
Lytte means "listen." The verb is used the same way in Danish as it is in English. Also, like in English, you
say lytte til musik, which means "listen to music," but many Danes say høre musik instead. This literally
means "hear music," but it can also mean "listen to music." Therefore, you can use these expressions
interchangeably.
Bedst means "best," and it's the superlative of the irregular adjective god, which means "good" or
"well." The comparative is bedre, which means "better." If you want to say "You are the best," it is Du er
den bedste. Du is the pronoun "you," er is the verb "be" in the present tense, den is the definite article
"the," and bedste is the superlative meaning "best." Because the adjective follows a definite article, you
add -e to the end of the word.
GRAMMAR
The Focus of This Lesson Is How to Express Likes and Dislikes
Min søster kan bedst lide rock. Det kan jeg ikke så godt lide.
"My sister likes rock the best." "I don't like it that much."
Your new Danish friends are going to be keen on knowing what you think about Denmark as well as
your likes and dislikes so far. In Danish, "like" or "be fond of" is kunne lide. So, for example, if you want
to say that you like Danish music, you can say Jeg kan godt lide dansk musik. Jeg is the pronoun "I," kan
godt lide means "like," and dansk musik means "Danish music." Notice that, in Danish, you usually add
the adverb godt, which means "well," when you express likes. This is used to emphasize or confirm that
you like whatever it is you say you like. So, literally, Jeg kan godt lide dansk music means "I like Danish
music well," but it's translated as "I like Danish music."

If you want to say that you don't like something-for example, herring-you can say Jeg kan ikke lide sild.
Jeg means "I," kan ikke lide means "do not like," and sild is the noun "herring." The adverb godt is
replaced by the adverb ikke, which means "not." So, Jeg kan ikke lide sild means "I do not like herring."
The sentence structure used to express likes and dislikes is as follows:
kan godt lide ("like") + [noun/pronoun in oblique case/verb in infinitive]
kan ikke lide ("do not like") + [noun/pronoun in oblique case/verb in infinitive]
Expressing Likes and Dislikes of Actions
When you want to say that you like or don't like doing something, you can say Jeg kan godt lide and add
a verb in the infinitive or dictionary form, including the infinitive marker. For example, Jeg kan godt lide
at svømme means "I like to swim." Jeg means "I," kan godt lide means "like," and at svømme means "to
swim." If you don't like swimming, you can say Jeg kan ikke lide at svømme, which means "I don't like to
swim." The adverb godt is simply replaced with the adverb ikke ("not").
For example:
1. Hun kan godt lide ham.

"She likes him."
2. De kan ikke lide at danse.
"They don't like to dance."
Examples from this dialogue:
1. Kan din søster godt lide musik?

"Does your sister like music?"
2. Min søster kan bedst lide rock.
"My sister likes rock the best."
Sample Sentences
1. Han kan lide æblejuice.

"He likes apple juice."
2. Lad os sætte noget musik på, som vi godt kan lide.
"Let's put on some music that we like."
Language Tip

You can use the adverb lidt, which means "a little" or "a little bit," to express the degree of how much you
don't like something. For example, Jeg kan mindre lide hiphop means "I like hip-hop less." Jeg means "I,"
kan mindre lide means "like less," and hiphop means "hip-hop." The word mindre is the comparative of
lidt and means "less." You can use the superlative mindst to express that you like something the least.
For example, Jeg kan mindst lide pop means "I like pop the least." In Danish, you don't use a definite
article to express when you like something the least; you only say mindst ("least"). Remember that the -d
in mindst is silent.
CULTURAL INSIGHT
Danish Music Artists

The Danish music scene features all kinds of artists. Most of them sing in Danish, but many also sing in
English. Some even do both. Besides Michael Learns To Rock and Aqua back in the '90s and Safri Duo
and Junior Senior in the early and mid-2000s, singer-songwriter Tina Dickow, dance-pop vocalists Ida
Corr and Camille Jones, electronic music producer Trentemøller, and indie-rock duo The Raveonettes are
some of the newer Danish artists with international breakthroughs. As requested by American record
producer Timbaland, the Danish rock band Nephew has done a remix of his track "The Way I Are," which
became a huge hit in Denmark. The Danish DJ Kato has also released two singles in collaboration with
American rapper Snoop Dogg, which got a lot of media attention. Other contemporary popular Danish
artists are Medina, Burhan G, Volbeat, Marie Key, O-Land, Rasmus Seebach, Svenstrup and Vendelboe,
Shaka Loveless, Nik and Jay, Panamah, Rasmus Walter, Pharfar, Lucy Love, and Electric Lady Lab. If you
turn on the radio in Denmark, you will definitely hear at least one of these artists' songs.


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LESSON NOTES

Absolute Beginner S1 #18

1. Louise : Kan din søster godt lide musik?

2. Peter : Ja, hun elsker at lytte til musik.

3. Louise : Det gør jeg også.

4. Peter : Min søster kan bedst lide rock.

5. Louise : Det kan jeg ikke så godt lide.

1. Louise : Does your sister like music?

2. Peter : Yes, she loves listening to music.

4. Peter : My sister likes rock the best.

5. Louise : I don't like it that much.

Danish English Class

musik music noun

kunne lide can like, be fond of verb

søster sister noun

elske love verb

lytte listen verb

min my, mine possessive pronoun

bedst best adjective

ikke så godt not so good, not so well, not so much phrase

Sangeren synger en sang. Han kan lide æblejuice.

The singer is singing a song. "He likes apple juice."

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"Have you seen my sister?" "I don't love you anymore."

Kvinden lytter til musik. Min søn elsker at male billeder.

The woman is listening to music. "My son loves to paint pictures."

Min taske er for tung. Hvem er bedst?

"My bag is too heavy." "Who is best?"

Det var ikke så godt.

"It wasn't so good."

VOCABULARY PHRASE USAGE

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kan godt lide ("like") + [noun/pronoun in oblique case/verb in infinitive]

Expressing Likes and Dislikes of Actions

1. Hun kan godt lide ham.

Examples from this dialogue:

1. Kan din søster godt lide musik?

1. Han kan lide æblejuice.

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