How Do Danish Washing Machines Work? — Video Conversation

Learn some adverbs, phrases, and conjunctions you can use to explain how to use something 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.

Undskyld. Ved du, hvordan vaskemaskinen virker?

Har du et vaskekort?

Nej, ikke endnu. Jeg er nødt til at bruge mønter.

Okay, først putter du tøjet i maskinen og lukker lågen.

Okay, nu er lågen lukket. Hvad så nu?

Så putter du mønter i og vælger vaskeprogram.

Fedt! Tak for hjælpen.

Skal vi drikke kaffe, mens vi venter?

God idé! Jeg giver!

Godt. Jeg ved nemlig ikke, hvordan kaffeautomaten virker.

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

mens, 'while, whereas'

nemlig, 'namely, that is, precisely'

nødt, 'have'

endnu, 'still, yet, even, more, yet another, left'

at give, 'to give'

så, 'then, so'

at virke, 'to work, to begin to take affect, to act, to seem, to appear'

hvordan, 'how'

fedt, 'fat, grease'

først, 'first, at first'

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