Asking for Permission in Danish — Video Conversation

Learn how to ask permission to do 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.

Må jeg ikke få nogle penge til i morgen?

Hvad skal du bruge penge til?

Jeg skal til fest hos en veninde.

Har du fået lov til at tage til fest?

Ja, jeg har fået lov af far. Jeg spurgte om lov i går.

Nåh.

Ja, og må jeg så ikke nok låne nogle penge?

Jeg forstår ikke, hvad du skal bruge pengene til.

Vi bestiller pizzaer, som vi kan dele.

Så du spørger altså om lov til at få penge til øl.

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

at forstå, 'to understand'

nåh, 'I see'

ikke, 'not, no'

nok, 'enough, probably, again, please, so, as much'

at få, 'to get, to have'

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

som, 'who, whom, which, that'

at spørge, 'to ask'

altså, 'accordingly, in other words, really'

lov, 'law, permission'

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