Lunch with your colleagues

It's Monday, half past eleven. You've been working here for a week. Your colleagues Mette and Anders are sitting at a table in the canteen.

Medium · 4 min

Join your colleagues Mette and Anders at the lunch table: talk about your lunch and your weekend, and end the meal the Danish way.

Scenario: Det er mandag, og klokken er halv tolv. Du har arbejdet her i en uge. Dine kolleger Mette og Anders sidder ved et bord i kantinen.

Hej! Kom og sæt dig hos os. Der er plads her.

Hi! Come and sit with us. There's room here.

Mette

Your response:

Tak, gerne! Jeg har bare min madpakke med.

friendly

Thanks, I'd love to! I've just brought my packed lunch.

How the conversation starts

One way it can go. Play the conversation above to choose your own replies and see where they take it.

Mette

Hej! Kom og sæt dig hos os. Der er plads her.

Hi! Come and sit with us. There's room here.

You

Tak, gerne! Jeg har bare min madpakke med.

Thanks, I'd love to! I've just brought my packed lunch.

Anders

Det har halvdelen af os også. Hvad har du med?

Half of us do too. What have you got?

You

Rugbrød med leverpostej og rødbeder.

Rye bread with liver pâté and beetroot.

Anders

Klassisk! Nu mangler du bare at cykle på arbejde i regnvejr, så er du en rigtig dansker.

A classic! Now all you need is to cycle to work in the rain, and you're a real Dane.

You

Ha ha! Det gjorde jeg i morges.

Ha ha! I did that this morning.

Anders

Hvad lavede du så i weekenden?

So, what did you do at the weekend?

Vocabulary in this conversation

The key Danish words and phrases that appear in this dialogue.

madpakke

(en)

packed lunch

weekend

(en)

weekend

hyggelig

cozy

mad

(en)

food

kaffe

(en)

coffee

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