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| INTRODUCTION |
| John: Hi everyone, and welcome back to DanishClass101.com. This is Intermediate Season 1 Lesson 19 - An Unusual Reason to Visit the Danish Dentist. John here. |
| Nana: Hej I'm Nana. |
| John: In this lesson, you’ll learn how to explain what happened at the dentist's. The conversation takes place at the dentist's office. |
| Nana: It's between Carsten, Kim, and Theresa. |
| John: The main speakers are strangers. Okay, let's listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| Carsten: Undskyld, vi har brug for noget hjælp her! Gør plads! |
| Kim: Åh, hvad er der sket?! Skynd dig at sætte dig ned her. |
| Carsten: Ja, jeg er ked af, vi er nødt til at snyde foran i køen, men det er et nødstilfælde. |
| Kim: Måske er det bedst, hvis hun ligger ned? |
| Carsten: Jeg tror godt, hun kan sidde oprejst. Min overraskelse kom til at nedlægge min kone. |
| Kim: Jeg er ikke med. Skal jeg ikke finde en tandlæge? Den ene tager røntgen, den anden borer vist huller. |
| Carsten: Vi opgav at komme igennem på telefonen. Min kone har fået flækket sin tand af en hund. |
| Kim: En hund? Hvordan kunne det ske? Så det var hunden, der var overraskelsen? |
| Carsten: Vi ved ikke, hvordan det egentlig skete. Den ville nok gerne kysse hende. Læg dig, Buster! |
| Theresa: Jeg håber, at nerven kan reddes med en rodbehandling og en krone. |
| Kim: Det blev pludselig dyrere end forventet at få hund. Så! Nu stoppede boret derinde. |
| Carsten: Vi er kede af, vi stjæler din plads. Hvad skal du have ordnet? |
| Kim: Jeg skærer såmænd bare tænder i søvne. |
| John: Listen to the conversation with the English translation. |
| Carsten: Undskyld, vi har brug for noget hjælp her! Gør plads! |
| Carsten: Excuse me, we need some help here! Make way! |
| Kim: Åh, hvad er der sket?! Skynd dig at sætte dig ned her. |
| Kim: Oh, what happened?! Hurry up and sit down here. |
| Carsten: Ja, jeg er ked af, vi er nødt til at snyde foran i køen, men det er et nødstilfælde. |
| Carsten: Yes, I'm sorry we have to cut in front of the line, but it’s an emergency. |
| Kim: Måske er det bedst, hvis hun ligger ned? |
| Kim: Maybe it's best if she lies down? |
| Carsten: Jeg tror godt, hun kan sidde oprejst. Min overraskelse kom til at nedlægge min kone. |
| Carsten: I think she can sit upright. My surprise accidentally brought down my wife. |
| Kim: Jeg er ikke med. Skal jeg ikke finde en tandlæge? Den ene tager røntgen, den anden borer vist huller. |
| Kim: I'm not following. Why don't I find a dentist? One is taking an X-ray, the other might be drilling cavities. |
| Carsten: Vi opgav at komme igennem på telefonen. Min kone har fået flækket sin tand af en hund. |
| Carsten: We gave up on getting through by phone. My wife has had her tooth cracked by a dog. |
| Kim: En hund? Hvordan kunne det ske? Så det var hunden, der var overraskelsen? |
| Kim: A dog? How could that happen? So it was the dog that was the surprise? |
| Carsten: Vi ved ikke, hvordan det egentlig skete. Den ville nok gerne kysse hende. Læg dig, Buster! |
| Carsten: We don't know how it actually happened. It probably wanted to kiss her. Lay down, Buster! |
| Theresa: Jeg håber, at nerven kan reddes med en rodbehandling og en krone. |
| Theresa: I hope that the nerve can be saved with a root canal treatment and a crown. |
| Kim: Det blev pludselig dyrere end forventet at få hund. Så! Nu stoppede boret derinde. |
| Kim: It suddenly got more expensive than expected to get a dog. Oh! Now the drill stopped in there. |
| Carsten: Vi er kede af, vi stjæler din plads. Hvad skal du have ordnet? |
| Carsten: We're sorry we're stealing your place. What are you having fixed? |
| Kim: Jeg skærer såmænd bare tænder i søvne. |
| Kim: Actually, I just grind my teeth in my sleep. |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| John: Well, that’s an interesting reason for a visit to the dentist’s! |
| Nana: Yeah, an overly enthusiastic dog attack. |
| John: I bet the dentist hasn’t seen many of those. I wonder what type of dog it was? |
| Nana: I can tell you what kind of dog it wasn’t. |
| John: Really? |
| Nana: Yes, because the Danish Act on Dogs bans 13 breeds, so it definitely wouldn’t be any of those. |
| John: What kind of dogs are banned? |
| Nana: Certain breeds of terriers, mastiffs, shepherds, and sheepdogs, amongst others. Even if a dog is only part one of these breeds, it’s banned. |
| John: So be careful if you want to take a dog to Denmark. What are popular names for dogs? Is Buster popular? |
| Nana: Yes, so are Molly, Bella, and Max. |
| John: Are there any nice areas to take a four-legged friend for a walk? |
| Nana: You can take them to areas such as hundeskove, which is a dog park, but it literally means “dog woods.” |
| John: Nice! Okay, now onto the vocab. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| John: Let’s take a look at the vocabulary from this lesson. The first word is... |
| Nana: brug [natural native speed] |
| John: use, need, want |
| Nana: brug [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: brug [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: være nødt til [natural native speed] |
| John: to have to |
| Nana: være nødt til [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: være nødt til [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: kø [natural native speed] |
| John: queue, line |
| Nana: kø [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: kø [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: nødstilfælde [natural native speed] |
| John: emergency |
| Nana: nødstilfælde [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: nødstilfælde [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: tandlæge [natural native speed] |
| John: dentist |
| Nana: tandlæge [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: tandlæge [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: røntgen [natural native speed] |
| John: X-ray |
| Nana: røntgen [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: røntgen [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: hul [natural native speed] |
| John: hole, cavity |
| Nana: hul [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: hul [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: nerve [natural native speed] |
| John: nerve |
| Nana: nerve [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: nerve [natural native speed] |
| John: Next we have... |
| Nana: rodbehandling [natural native speed] |
| John: root canal treatment |
| Nana: rodbehandling [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: rodbehandling [natural native speed] |
| John: And last... |
| Nana: såmænd [natural native speed] |
| John: actually, really |
| Nana: såmænd [slowly - broken down by syllable] |
| Nana: såmænd [natural native speed] |
| KEY VOCAB AND PHRASES |
| John: Let's have a closer look at the usage of some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first phrase is... |
| Nana: have brug for |
| John: meaning "to need." What can you tell us about this expression? |
| Nana: This phrase consists of the irregular verb have, the neuter gender noun brug, |
| John: which means "use," |
| Nana: and the preposition for, which means "for." |
| John: It doesn’t make much sense when you look at it literally, so just remember that it means “to need” or “to want.” |
| Nana: Yes. You can follow the phrase with whatever it is that you need or want. |
| John: Is there anything that we need to remember about using this in a sentence? |
| Nana: If it’s an action, you need the infinitive marker at before the verb. |
| John: Can you give us an example using the phrase? |
| Nana: Sure. For example, you can say, Alle har brug for nogen, de kan stole på. |
| John: ...which means "Everybody needs someone they can trust." |
| John: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Nana: snyde foran i køen |
| John: Meaning "to cut in front of the line." Can you break this expression down for us, Nana? |
| Nana: The first word is the irregular verb snyde, |
| John: which means "to cheat," |
| Nana: and the second word is the adverb foran, which means "in front.” |
| John: And the third and fourth words? |
| Nana: The third word is the preposition i, |
| John: which means "in," |
| Nana: and finally we have the common gender noun kø in definite form. That means "the line.” |
| John: And it’s used like it is in English: to say that someone is cutting in line. |
| Nana: If someone cuts to the very front of the line, you can replace foran with the adjective forrest, which means "front." |
| John: Can you give us an example using this phrase? |
| Nana: Sure. For example, you can say, Du kan ikke bare snyde foran i køen. |
| John: ...which means "You cannot just cut in front of the line." |
| John: Okay, what's the next phrase? |
| Nana: såmænd bare |
| John: Meaning "really just." What can you tell us about this expression? |
| Nana: The phrase consists of the adverb såmænd, |
| John: which means "actually" or "really," |
| Nana: and the adverb bare, which means "just" or "only." |
| John: How do we use this phrase? |
| Nana: You can use it to describe an adjective or a verb. |
| John: It’s a way of saying that something is simply this or that. |
| Nana: Or that you’re simply doing something. |
| John: Can you give us an example using this word? |
| Nana: Sure. For example, you can say, Det er såmænd bare en lille tak for jeres hjælp. |
| John: ...which means "It is really just a small thanks for your help." Okay, now onto the lesson focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| John: In this lesson, you'll learn how to explain what happened at the dentist's. |
| John: What’ll we be looking at in this lesson, Nana? |
| Nana: Reflexive verbs. These are verbs that go together with the reflexive pronoun sig, which means “oneself.” |
| John: You can use these verbs when expressing how you feel or that you’re doing something to yourself. |
| Nana: Or when you want to express the particular meaning of a verb used with sig. |
| John: Transitive verbs are often used with this reflexive pronoun. |
| Nana: That’s right, so you need one or more direct objects. We can also use intransitive verbs with sig to show that an action is being done to a second or third party or object. |
| John: Let’s look at an example, first with a transitive verb. |
| Nana: Sætte is an irregular transitive verb which means “to put.” When it’s a reflexive verb with sig, it means “to sit down,” as in “to sit yourself down.” |
| John: And an example of an intransitive verb? |
| Nana: We’ll use the very similar sidde, a regular transitive verb meaning “to sit.” |
| John: What does this mean when it’s a reflexive verb? |
| Nana: Actually, sidde is one of those intransitive verbs that cannot form a reflexive verb with the reflexive pronoun. |
| John: Oh right, okay! |
| Nana: Lægge, meaning “to lay,” and ligge, meaning “to lie,” are another similar example. |
| John: Hmm, they sound very similar. What’s the difference? |
| Nana: Ligge is an intransitive verb that cannot make a reflexive verb. |
| John: But you can make a reflexive verb out of the transitive verb in that pair? |
| Nana: Right, when lægge forms a reflexive verb with sig, it means “to lay down,” as in “to lay yourself down.” |
| John: There are many more examples in the lesson notes, listeners, so do check them out! Next, let’s go back to compound verbs. |
| Nana: Right, we talked about these before in a previous lesson. |
| John: To recap, there are solid and loose, or real and fake, compound verbs. Some of these compound verbs are made with prefixes. |
| Nana: Another two prefixes that I’d like to introduce are op and ned. |
| John: which mean “up” and “down.” Let’s hear some examples. |
| Nana: The loose compound remse op means “to list.” The solid compound opremse also means “to list.” |
| John: Sometimes the meaning is the same or similar; sometimes it’s different. |
| Nana: Yes. Take the loose compound komme ned, which means “to come down,” and the solid compound nedkomme, which means... |
| John: “To give birth.” Yeah, those are completely different! |
Outro |
| John: Okay, that’s all for this lesson. Thank you for listening everyone, and we’ll see you next time! Bye! |
| Nana: Hej hej! |
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