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Introduction
Sydney: Welcome to 3-Minute Danish Season 1, Lesson 9 - Using Adjectives. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use adjectives in simple sentences in Danish.
Body
Sydney: Here's the way to say "I am tired." in Danish.
Asger: [Normal] Jeg er træt.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "I"
Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "am"
Asger: [Normal] er [Slow] er
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "tired"
Asger: [Normal] træt [Slow] træt
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I am tired."
Asger: [Slow] Jeg er træt. [Normal] Jeg er træt.
Sydney: Ok, now let's see the way to say "She is happy."
Asger: [Normal] Hun er glad.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "she"
Asger: [Normal] hun [Slow] hun
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "is"
Asger: [Normal] er [Slow] er
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "happy"
Asger: [Normal] glad [Slow] glad
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "She is happy."
Asger: [Slow] Hun er glad. [Normal] Hun er glad.
Sydney: Following is the way to say "We are angry."
Asger: [Normal] Vi er vrede.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "we"
Asger: [Normal] vi [Slow] vi
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "are"
Asger: [Normal] er [Slow] er
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "angry"
Asger: [Normal] vrede [Slow] vrede
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "We are angry."
Asger: [Slow] Vi er vrede. [Normal] Vi er vrede.
Sydney: Finally is a way to say "You are beautiful."
Asger: [Normal] Du er smuk.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "you"
Asger: [Normal] du [Slow] du
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "are"
Asger: [Normal] er [Slow] er
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "beautiful"
Asger: [Normal] smuk [Slow] smuk
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "You are beautiful."
Asger: [Slow] Du er smuk. [Normal] Du er smuk.
Cultural Insight
Sydney: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Asger: If you want to insist on using an adjective in Danish, you can use the word meget before the adjective as in meget smuk, which means "very beautiful" or meget lækkert, meaning "really delicious."

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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