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gå
to go / walk
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How gå is pronounced
Hear it, and why it sounds the way it does: Danish Vowels
Forms of gå
- Present
- går
- Past
- gik
- Perfect
- har/er gået
Takes both auxiliaries with a meaning split: 'har gået' = walked (activity), 'er gået' = gone (result/location).
Opposite of gå
kommeto come
Opposed as arriving vs leaving; both also have wider uses where they are not opposites.
verbto go / walk
Can mean both 'to walk' and 'to go' depending on context.
gå in a sentence
Jeg går en tur.
I am going for a walk.
Skal vi gå nu?
Shall we go now?
Det går godt.
It's going well.