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Introduction
Sydney: Welcome to 3-Minute Danish Season 1, Lesson 18 - Possession. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about possession in Danish.
Body
Sydney: Here's the way to ask "Do you have a pen?" in Danish.
Asger: [Normal] Har du en kuglepen?
Sydney: First is a word meaning "have"
Asger: [Normal] har [Slow] har
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "you"
Asger: [Normal] du [Slow] du
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "a"
Asger: [Normal] en [Slow] en
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "pen"
Asger: [Normal] kuglepen [Slow] kuglepen
Sydney: Listen again to the question meaning "Do you have a pen?"
Asger: [Slow] Har du en kuglepen? [Normal] Har du en kuglepen?
Sydney: Ok, now let's see the way to reply "Yes, I do."
Asger: [Normal] Ja, det har jeg.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "yes"
Asger: [Normal] ja [Slow] ja
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "that"
Asger: [Normal] det [Slow] det
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "have"
Asger: [Normal] har [Slow] har
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "I"
Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "Yes, I do."
Asger: [Slow] Ja, det har jeg. [Normal] Ja, det har jeg.
Sydney: Following is the way to ask "How many pens do you have?"
Asger: [Normal] Hvor mange kuglepenne har du?
Sydney: First is a word literally meaning "how"
Asger: [Normal] hvor [Slow] hvor
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "many"
Asger: [Normal] mange [Slow] mange
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "pens"
Asger: [Normal] kuglepenne [Slow] kuglepenne
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "have"
Asger: [Normal] har [Slow] har
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "you"
Asger: [Normal] du [Slow] du
Sydney: Listen again to the question meaning "How many pens do you have?"
Asger: [Slow] Hvor mange kuglepenne har du? [Normal] Hvor mange kuglepenne har du?
Sydney: Finally is a way to say "I have three pens."
Asger: [Normal] Jeg har tre kuglepenne.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "I"
Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "have"
Asger: [Normal] har [Slow] har
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "three"
Asger: [Normal] tre [Slow] tre
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "pens"
Asger: [Normal] kuglepenne [Slow] kuglepenne
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I have three pens."
Asger: [Slow] Jeg har tre kuglepenne. [Normal] Jeg har tre kuglepenne.
Cultural Insight
Sydney: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Asger: It can sometimes be tricky to talk about possession in Danish because of the pronoun sin, "one’s own." Sin is the reflexive form of hans and hendes, "his" and "her," and can be used only when referring to the subject. However, for some Danish dialects it’s fine to use hans or hendes instead of sin.

Outro

Sydney: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Asger: På gensyn!

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