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First published 1993
by Routledge
Second edition published in 2003
by Routledge
11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE
Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada
by Routledge
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© 1993, 2003 W. Glyn Jones and Kirsten Gade
Illustrations by Russell Bryant
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1111 Contents
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11 About this book vii
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A simple guide to pronunciation x
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15 1 Familien Nielsen i Køge 1
16 The Nielsen family in Køge
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18 2 På arbejde 13
19 At work
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3 Hvad koster det? 24
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22 What does it cost?
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4 Hvad dag er det i dag? 35
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25 What day is it today?
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5 Telefonen ringer! 47
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28 The phone is ringing!
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6 Den daglige tummerum 61
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31 The daily humdrum
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7 Små problemer 74
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Small problems
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8 Jeg ønsker, jeg kræver og jeg
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foreslår . . . 87
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38 I wish, I want and I suggest ...
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9 Skål! 101
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Cheers!
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10 Så er det weekend! 113
Weekend ahead!
11 Hvad vil du være? 125
What do you want to do?
12 Hvordan bliver vejret? 137
What is the weather going to be like?
13 Hvordan ser hun ud? 149
What does she look like?
14 Vil du med? 162
Do you want to come with me?
15 Hvordan har du det? 174
How are you?
16 Du er smuk! 186
You’re beautiful!
17 Hvad skete der? 198
What happened?
18 Lad os gå ud! 208
Let’s go out!
Ready-reference grammar 220
Key to exercises 225
English–Danish glossary 246
Danish–English glossary 255
Index 275
1111 About this book
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11 Colloquial Danishconsists of eighteen units, each containing about
12 ninety new words. Each unit is built around a series of smaller
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15 On pages x–xiv there is a brief pronunciation guide, a review
16 of the main language points, a key to exercises and English–Danish
17 and Danish–English glossaries.
18 Below, we explain the aim of the various units and the best way
19 of working with them. If you want to derive maximum benefit from
20 the book, we suggest you do not skip this introduction!
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Dialogues and Reading texts
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25 The dialogues are a core element in this book. They are intended
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31 The Reading texts complement the dialogues and assist your
32 language learning in a different way. The structure of a written
33 language is normally simpler than that of the spoken language, and
34 so the texts can often be more or less taken word by word. Going
35 through the Reading texts with the help of the translation of new
36 words, which are always immediately available either in the text in
37 brackets or in a list below, will help you feel comfortable dealing
38 with written material such as newspapers and books. It will, in add-
39 ition, provide you with some insights into Danish life and culture.
40 We have taken care never to introduce a new word without
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Language points, useful phrases and
exercises
We use as few grammatical terms as possible, but of course they
cannot be entirely avoided. So, to help learners who have no
previous experience of these terms, we try to illustrate each one
as it occurs. No language points are introduced unless they have
been illustrated in the preceding text or dialogue. So when working
on these points, you should always keep an eye on the text above.
‘Useful phrases’ and ‘Extend your Vocabulary’ as well as the
exercises will also give you material relevant to the texts.
Key to exercises
There are many different types of exercise in Colloquial Danish,
and it is not always possible to provide a proper key. This is partic-
ularly true of those requiring your own thoughts and ideas. For
others, the Key provides a natural answer, but in some cases, of
course, there can be other correct answers in addition to those we
provide.
Ready-Reference Grammar
This is in no way intended to be a complete grammar. It merely
presents you with summaries of points otherwise dealt with at
different stages in the book. So, for instance, we do not include
numerals in this Summary – but the Index will tell you in which
lesson you will find those.
Glossary
There are English–Danish and Danish–English glossaries at the
back of the book.
The English–Danish glossary is less comprehensive than the
Danish–English, although it contains all the words necessary for
doing the exercises. This list does not contain comprehensive infor-
mation on Danish words, so if you want to discover such things as
inflections, you will have to look up the Danish word in the
Danish–English glossary.
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18 Danish is a relatively easy language for an English speaker to learn,
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20 a guide to Danish pronunciation in order to provide you with a
21 simple basis on which to work. As is true of any language, however,
22 use of the diskette is essential if you are to achieve authentic
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