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Hey everyone, I'm Jonas.
Hej allesammen, jeg hedder Jonas.
Welcome to the Danish Whiteboard Lessons.
In this lesson you'll learn how to talk about your nationality.
Let's get started.
Okay, let's look at the vocabulary.
First we have Sydkoreaner, South Korean, Sydkoreaner, Sydkoreaner, Sydkoreaner.
Mexicaner, Mexican, Mexicaner, Mexicaner, Mexicaner.
Russer, Russian, Russer, Russer, Russer.
Next, Inder, Indian, Inder, Inder.
And, Tysker, German, Tysker, Tysker.
Franskmand, French, Franskmand, Franskmand, Franskmand.
Next, Japaner, Japanese, Japaner, Japaner, Japaner.
Brasilianer, Brazilian, Brasilianer, Brasilianer.
And, Egypter, Egyptian, Egypter, Egypter, Egypter.
Sydafrikaner, South African, Sydafrikaner, Sydafrikaner.
And, Hongkonger, Hongkongese, Hongkonger, Hongkonger, Hongkonger.
All right, Græker, Greek, Græker.
Israeler, Israeli, Israeler, Israeler.
And, Canadier, Canadian, Canadier, Canadier.
Nordmand, Norwegian, Nordmand, Nordmand, Nordmand.
Svensker, Swede, Svensker, Svensker, Svensker.
And, the last one, Dansker, Dane, Dansker, Dansker, Dansker.
Let's look at the dialogue.
When I read, I want you to pay attention to the nationality.
Find the nationality and see how it's used in the dialogue.
Here we go.
Er du dansker? Ja, jeg er dansker.
Er han svensker? Nej, han er ikke svensker. Han er nordmand.
All right, so the English version of this would be, Are you Danish? Yes, I'm Danish.
Is he Swedish? No, he's not Swedish. He's Norwegian.
Now, let's look at the sentence pattern.
The dialogues was basically structured from this, Er du… and then you put in the nationality meaning, Are you… and then nationality.
Now, let's look at some of the supplemental vocabulary that relates to this topic.
Here we go.
Ja, basically meaning yes. Ja, ja.
Nej. And that means no. Nej. Nej.
And then we have ikke. And that means not. That's a general negative denominator. Ikke. Ikke.
And then we have du. Meaning you.
That's the second person singular pronoun in Danish. Du. Du.
And then hen. That means he in Danish. Third person singular pronoun. Hen. Hen.
Other ones in the same category would be hun. Meaning she. Hun. Hun.
And the last one.
Den. Or det. Meaning it.
Den. Det. Den. Det.
Nationality in Danish typically has an -er added with a few regulars in there.
When we do languages on native tongues, we add -sk in the end, also with a few regulars.
So let's look at a couple of examples here.
So first one, En dansker taler dansk, meaning 'A Dane speaks Danish'. Next one, En tysker taler tysk, 'A German speaks German'.
Please notice when writing in Danish, only countries and places are written with capital letters.

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