Verbs

Danish verbs are conjugated just like English verbs, and in most respects they behave in the same way. You have to learn some new endings for the past tense – Danish verbs have two regular past tense endings – and new auxiliary verbs for the perfect and pluperfect tense and the passive voice. The good… Continue reading Verbs

Nouns

Danish nouns can cause some trouble for somebody who is just learning to speak Danish, especially the fact that we use both articles (en/et) and endings, whereas English only uses articles (a, an, the). The system is, however, not difficult at all, and I have tried my best to boil it all down to a… Continue reading Nouns

Adjectives

Danish adjectives are not entirely different to English adjectives, and especially the way we compare adjectives is similar. In Danish, however, we add endings based on gender, number and something called “definiteness”. Confused? Well, not for long (I hope…) What did the adjective agree with the noun? Danish adjectives inflect, which means that they add… Continue reading Adjectives