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Hej, jeg hedder [name]. Hi everybody! I’m [name].
Welcome to DanishClass101.com’s “Dansk på tre minutter”. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Danish.
In the last lesson you learned how to count kroner. Did you practice at home?
In this lesson, you’re going to learn other useful tips to talk about your schedule - for example, if a friend asks you "What are you doing this weekend?"
Let’s start!
To ask someone you already know or a friend, you say:
Hvad skal du i weekenden?
[slowly] Hvad skal du i weekenden?
Let’s break it down.
Hvad → is "what".
skal is "going to do".
du means “you.”
And i weekenden is literally "in this weekend."
It’s a fairly easy sentence to remember and would be translated as “What are you doing this weekend?”
What if you’re not asking about this weekend?
Asking about a different time period is as easy as replacing i weekenden.
Tomorrow is i morgen. So you can also say Hvad skal du i morgen? “What are you doing tomorrow?” Or, you could also put in a weekday, like mandag, "Monday" or søndag, which is "Sunday". Watch out here though, because the preposition would change to på, making the sentence-
Hvad skal du på mandag?
Hvad skal du på søndag?
So now, if someone asks *you* Hvad skal du i morgen?, or "What are you doing tomorrow?", how can you answer?
Here's an example- Jeg skal arbejde. "I'm going to work." Jeg skal means "I'm going to", and arbejde means “work,” as in the verb “to work”. Feel free to replace "work" with any other activity!
Now it’s time for [name]’s Insights.
In some situations, the question Hvad skal du? can also mean more generally "What are you going to do?” or “what are you planning?” It’s common to ask this when you are wondering what someone is about to do or where they are going.
In this lesson you learned how to talk about your schedule. Next time you are going to learn how to use the verb “to be”, at være . We'll also talk about how to tell people your nationality.
I'll be waiting for you in the next Dansk på tre minutter.
Vi ses!

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