The Secret Lives of Others in Denmark — Video Conversation

Learn how to accept and decline invitations with this video conversation

Lesson Transcript

In this lesson, you'll listen to a dialogue with the text.

Second, you'll review the key vocabulary followed by the English translations.

And finally, you'll review the dialogue with the text again to master what you've learned.

First, listen to the dialogue with the text on the screen.

Har du nogle planer på lørdag?

Hmm, det mener jeg ikke.

Har du lyst til at komme til fest hos mig om aftenen?

Åh, jeg ville gerne, men jeg kan desværre ikke.

Hvorfor ikke?

Jeg er kommet i tanke om, at jeg allerede har en aftale lørdag aften.

Sig ikke du får dine forældre på besøg!

Nej, jeg skal på date.

Med hvem?!

Din søster.

Now you'll hear the key vocabulary followed by the English translation.

allerede, 'already'

besøg, 'visit'

gerne, 'with pleasure, gladly, willingly, usually'

søster, 'sister'

lyst, 'desire, urge'

at komme i tanke om, 'to remember, to come to mind'

hvorfor, 'why'

aftale, 'agreement, arrangement, deal, appointment, date'

desværre, 'unfortunately'

plan, 'plan, schedule'

Finally let's review the dialogue again, see if you can understand more this time.