Talking with your partner's daughter

You're at your partner's home. Her nine-year-old daughter, Ida, sits down next to you on the sofa and looks at you curiously.

Medium · 4 min

Your partner's nine-year-old daughter has lots of questions. Answer simply and ask her things back.

Scenario: Du er hjemme hos din kæreste. Hendes datter Ida, der er ni år, sætter sig ved siden af dig i sofaen og kigger nysgerrigt på dig.

Hvorfor taler du så sjovt?

Why do you talk so funny?

Ida

Your response:

Fordi jeg ikke er fra Danmark. Jeg lærer stadig dansk.

friendly

Because I'm not from Denmark. I'm still learning Danish.

How the conversation starts

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

Ida

Hvorfor taler du så sjovt?

Why do you talk so funny?

You

Fordi jeg ikke er fra Danmark. Jeg lærer stadig dansk.

Because I'm not from Denmark. I'm still learning Danish.

Ida

Nåh. Er det svært at lære dansk?

Oh. Is it hard to learn Danish?

You

Ja, meget! Især at sige ordene rigtigt.

Yes, very! Especially saying the words right.

Ida

Okay! Sig 'rødgrød med fløde'.

Okay! Say 'rødgrød med fløde'.

You

Rødgrød med fløde.

Ida

Hahaha! Nej, det lød helt forkert! Men det var meget sjovt.

Hahaha! No, that sounded totally wrong! But it was really funny.

Vocabulary in this conversation

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

sjov

fun / funny

skole

(en)

school

spille

to play (games/music)

kat

(en)

cat

hund

(en)

dog

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