Learn how to talk about your family well-being
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| Hi everyone! I’m Alisha. |
| Welcome to Conversational Phrases! |
| We’ve found that the best way to learn a language is to speak it from day one! And the best way to start speaking is to learn phrases that you’ll use in real conversations. |
| In this lesson, we’ll learn conversational phrases to answer the question “How's your mother?” After watching this video, you’ll be able to talk about well-being and ask how someone is doing. |
| Now, let’s take a look at some conversational phrases! |
| Listen to the dialogue. |
| Hvordan har din mor det? |
| Hun har det godt. |
| Once more with the English translation. |
| Hvordan har din mor det? |
| “How's your mother?” |
| Hun har det godt. |
| “She's fine.” |
| First of all you'll need to learn how to say “How's your mother?” |
| That's: Hvordan har din mor det? |
| Listen to it again: Hvordan har din mor det?, Hvordan har din mor det? |
| This Danish sentence literally means “How has your mother it?” |
| But it translates as “How's your mother?” in English. |
| Now, how do you answer this question? |
| The pattern is: |
| Hun har det {state of well-being}. |
| This Danish sentence literally translates as “She has it [state of well-being]."" |
| But it means “She’s [state of well-being].” in English. |
| For example: |
| “She's fine.” |
| Hun har det godt., Hun har det godt. |
Comments
HideCan you tell us how your mother is in Danish?
Hi Viviane,
Yes, the phrase 'Hvordan har (din mor, selv, din bror, etc) det?' is correct but the word 'selv' cannot be used here. You would use 'du' (if you are speaking with one person) or 'I' (if you are speaking with more than one person) so we can say:
'Hvordan har din mor det?'
'Hvordan har din bror det?'
'Hvordan har du det?'
'Hvordan har I det?'
Yes, the reply would always be '(Hun, han, min mor, min bror, etc) har det godt.'
The it 'det' is often used when you are asking a question. For example 'har du fundet det?' or 'hvad er det?' just like in English 'have you found it?' or 'what is it?'
All the best,
Metha
Team DanishClass101.com
Hej!
Is the phrase 'Hvordan har (din mor, selv, din bror, etc) det?' gramatically constructed this way?
So the reply might always be '(Hun, han, Min mor, min bror, etc) har det godt.' ?
Are there other constructions when the it 'det' is used at the end of a sentence that does not get translated in Danish?
Mange tak!
Hi Alisha,
Thank you for your comment.
Yes it could be a really good idea, at the moment it is not a feature that we currently have. I will forward your request to our team.
Wish you a great day.
All the best
Camilla
TeamDanishClass101.com
Hi, it would be great to be able to add words and phrases from these lessons onto a flashcard. Is it possible?