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INTRODUCTION
Anna: Hello everyone, I’m Anna.
Becky: And I’m Becky. Welcome back to DanishClass101.com! This is All About, lesson 14: Top 5 Danish Classroom Phrases. In this lesson, you will learn the top 5 phrases you will hear in a classroom.

Lesson focus

Anna: Some are phrases that a teacher would use, and some are phrases you can use to speak to a teacher.
Becky: You'll get a head start by already knowing these phrases!
Anna: Our first phrase is “Hvad betyder...?"
Becky: This is a phrase that literally translates to "What does [something] mean?" This is a very useful phrase in the classroom because you can ask your teacher what certain words, ideas, or places mean in Danish.
Anna: To use this phrase, say “Hvad betyder”, and then say the name of the item.
Becky: Could you give us some examples?
Anna: Sure! "Hvad betyder ‘bil’?" is “What does bil mean?", and “Hvad betyder ‘at studere’?” is "What does at studere mean?"
Becky: And what do they mean, Anna?
Anna: Well, "bil" means "car," and "at studere" means "to study."
Becky: Ok, our next phrase is "Turn to page..."
Anna: In Danish, this is “Slå op på side...”
Becky: Instead of asking you to simply open your book, your teacher might be more specific and tell you to turn to a given page of a book.
Anna: “Slå op på side...” means “Turn to page...” and as you have probably already guessed, the page number is added at the end of the sentence.
Becky: Cool. The next phrase is...
Anna: “Jeg forstår det ikke". It means “I don’t understand.”
Becky: You would use this phrase if your teacher explains something or says something that you didn't understand.
Anna: You can also use the phrase “Det forstår jeg ikke,” which literally means “That I don’t understand,” but carries the exact same meaning as “Jeg forstår det ikke.”
Becky: That’s right. Let’s continue with how to say “One more time” in Danish.
Anna: That’s “En gang til”.
Becky: You can expect your teacher to say this when they want you to repeat something, or you can also use this when you want your teacher to explain something again.
Anna: This would be a useful phrase in the classroom as you may hear or use it frequently. Again, “En gang til.”
Becky: All right. And our last phrase is...
Anna: “Forstået?” It means "Understood?" or “Got it?” Teachers use this question to make sure the students understand what they are explaining.
Becky: Let's recap what we learned in this lesson. Can we hear all of those phrases one more time?
Anna: Sure! Our first phrase was "Hvad betyder...?"
Becky: "What does (something) mean?"
Anna: And then we had "Slå op på side..."
Becky: "Turn to page..."
Anna: And then it was "Jeg forstår det ikke."
Becky: "I don't understand."
Anna: Next we had "En gang til."
Becky: "One more time."
Anna: And finally it was "Forstået?"
Becky: "Understood?" And there you have it, the five essential classroom phrases!

Outro

Anna: See you next time!
Becky: Thanks for listening, bye everyone!
Anna: Farvel!

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