English/ Engelsk	Danish/ Dansk
GREETINGS
Hello	Hej
Yes / No	Ja / Nej
Bye	Hej hej. (informal)
Goodbye	Farvel. (formal)
How are you?	Hvordan har du det?
How's life? (How are things?)	Hvordan går det?
Fine, thanks, and you?	Fint, tak. Hvad med dig?
(It's going) fine.	(Det går) fint.
Good.	Godt.
Thank you (very much).	Tak skal du have!
You're welcome.	Værsgo.
Very good	Meget Godt.
Thanks for last time.	Tak for sidst!
Excellent	Skide godt! (Important when meeting a Dane for a 2nd time.)
Please.	Tak.
Good morning	Godmorgen.
Good evening	Godaften.
See you tomorrow	Vi ses i morgon.
Cheers! (toast).	Skål!
See ya!	Vi ses!
Sorry!	Undskyld!
Open / Closed	Åben / Lukket.*
Small / Big.	Lille / Stor*
*these words will vary their endings with various genders and cases.
DO YOU SPEAK...?
Do you speak English?	Taler du engelsk?
A little.	Lidt.
I don't speak Danish.	Jeg kan ikke dansk.
I only speak a little Danish.	Jeg taler kun lidt dansk.
I understand.	Det forstår jeg.
I don't understand.	Det forstår jeg ikke.
Could you say that again, please?	Kan du en gang til, tak?
Could you speak more slowly, please?	Kan du men lidt langsommere, tak?
Could you write that down, please?	Kan du skrive det ned, tak?
My bag / wallet was stolen!	Min taske / tegnebog er blevet stjålet. (-en gender)
My passport was stolen!	Mit pas er blevet stjålet. (-et gender)
Call a doctor / the police!	Tilkald en læge / politiet!
	Emergency 112 in Denmark
NUMBERS
0 = nul	21= enogtyve
1 = en/et	22 toogtyve
2 = to	23 treogtyve
3 = tre	30 tredive
4 = fire	40 fyrre
5 = fem	50 halvtreds
6 = seks	60 tres
7 = syv	70 halvfjerds
8 = otte	80 firs
9 = ni	90 halvfems
10 = ti	100 (et) hundred
11 = elleve	101 hundred og en
12 = tolv	102 cent
13 = tretten	111 = hundred og femogtyve
14 = fjorten	200 = tohundred
15 = femten	500 = femhundred
16 = seksten	1000 = (et) tusind
17 = sytten
18 = atten
19 = nitten . . .
20 = tyve
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