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Learn to ask, "How much?"
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Hej, jeg hedder [name]. Hi everybody! I’m [name]. |
Welcome to DanishClass101.com’s “Dansk på 3 minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Danish. |
In the last lesson you learned how to count in Danish. I hope you spent some time practicing the numbers, because they will come in handy for this lesson. You’re going to learn how to go shopping in Denmark! |
Before we go, you need to know how to say “How much is it?” |
Hvor meget koster den? |
[slowly] Hvor meget koster den? |
Ok, are you ready to go shopping in Denmark? Let’s go! |
You see something you like and want to ask the shopkeeper how much it costs. The first thing to say is…Undskyld, do you remember what that means? "Excuse me!" |
Undskyld, hvor meget koster den? |
[slowly] Undskyld, hvor meget koster den? |
Now in Danish, the object you are pointing at has a gender. The sentence above is referring to a common gender object. If the object is a gender-neutral word, the sentence would sound like this |
Undskyld hvor meget koster det? |
[slowly] Undskyld, hvor meget koster det? |
The only thing that changes is the pronoun. den and det. There is one more pronoun you can use when pointing at pairs of something or a bundle of something – you change the pronoun to de. |
Undskyld, hvor meget koster de? |
[slowly] Undskyld, hvor meget koster de? |
At this point the shop clerk can answer by saying: |
Den koster … |
Det koster… |
or De koster… |
For example: |
Den koster femoghalvtreds kroner! |
Det koster femoghalvtreds kroner! |
or |
De koster femoghalvtreds kroner! |
What number is femoghalvtreds? It’s "fifity-five"! So this means "It costs fifty-five kroner." |
Now it’s time for [name]’s Insights. |
The pronoun you will use most often is det because not only is it used to ask prices of neutral gender objects, but also services, like a coffee or a beer at a café. So get used to asking with this! |
Hvor meget koster det? |
[slowly] Hvor meget koster det? |
At this point, can you count kroner in Danish? We are going to learn how to do this and much more in the next lesson! |
I’ll be waiting for you in our next Dansk på 3 minutter lesson. |
Vi ses næste gang! |
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