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INTRODUCTION
In this lesson, we’ll cover basic greetings for the appropriate time of the day. As there are quite a few to cover, let's jump right in.
GRAMMAR POINT
We’re going to start with the more formal ones first.
In Danish, “Good morning” is
God morgen.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) God mor-gen.
Once more:
God morgen.
The first word, god, means “good.”
(slow) God.
God.
The second word means “morning”. Here it is again:
(slow) Mor-gen.
Morgen.
Let’s break it down again:
(slow) God mor-gen.
God morgen.
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In Danish, "Good afternoon" is
God eftermiddag.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) God ef-ter-mid-dag.
Once more:
God eftermiddag.
God, as we’ve already mentioned, means “good.”
The second word, eftermiddag, means “afternoon.”
(slow) ef-ter-mid-dag.
Efteremiddag.
All together, that is
(slow) God ef-ter-mid-dag.
God eftermiddag.
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In Danish, “Good evening” is
God aften.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) God af-ten.
Once more:
God aften.
The second word, aften, means “ evening.”
(slow) Af-ten.
Aften.
All together, that’s
(slow) God af-ten.
God aften.
“Good night” is
Godnat.
This expression is a parting greeting, and just like in English, it’s also said before going to sleep.
Let’s break it down:
(slow) God-nat.
Once more:
Godnat.
It is a conjugation of the words god and nat.
The first word as you know is “good”, and the second word means “night.”
(slow) Nat.
Nat.
Once again, that’s:
(slow) God-nat.
Godnat.
The last expression with “good” is: Goddag! This is equivalent to “Good day” in English. And it can be used any time of day.
Let’s hear it one more time:
(slow) God-dag.
Goddag.
All of these expressions are very formal and stiff. To get a more natural expression between friends, Danes simply don’t pronounce the D in god, making it go’. However with friends, feel free to use other ways of greeting. Let’s take a look at them.
The most common way of saying “Hello” in Danish is
Hej!
(slow) Hej!
Hej!
Use this word with your friends and with young people.
And Go’dag is also very common.
(slow) Go’-dag.
Go’dag
The first one can also be used as a farewell. In case of hej just say it twice – hej hej – and it becomes “bye bye”.
Let’s hear that again:
(slow) Hej hej.
Hej hej.

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