Visiting a Danish Hairdresser — Video Conversation

Learn how to give instructions to a hairdresser using the imperative mood with this video conversation

Lesson Transcript

In this lesson, you'll listen to a dialogue with the text.

Second, you'll review the key vocabulary followed by the English translations.

And finally, you'll review the dialogue with the text again to master what you've learned.

First, listen to the dialogue with the text on the screen.

Jeg vil gerne have klippet mine spidser.

Kun spidserne?

Nej, du må gerne klippe to centimeter af.

Okay, så gør jeg det.

Jeg skal også have dig til at farve mit hår.

Din sædvanlige farve?

Nej, jeg vil gerne have, du farver det en tone lysere.

Okay, jeg gør farven klar.

Og du skal ikke give mig lilla hår denne gang!

Bare tag det roligt.

Now you'll hear the key vocabulary followed by the English translation.

rolig, 'quiet, calm, still'

at gøre, 'to do, to make'

at måtte, 'may, can, must, have to, to be bound to'

sædvanlig, 'usual'

dig, 'you'

at farve, 'to color, to dye'

at give, 'to give'

farve, 'color'

at skulle, 'to have to, have got to, must, should, ought to'

at klippe, 'to cut'

Finally let's review the dialogue again, see if you can understand more this time.