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| INTRODUCTION |
| In this lesson, we’ll cover basic greetings for the appropriate time of the day. As there are quite a few to cover, let's jump right in. |
| GRAMMAR POINT |
| We’re going to start with the more formal ones first. |
| In Danish, “Good morning” is |
| God morgen. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) God mor-gen. |
| Once more: |
| God morgen. |
| The first word, god, means “good.” |
| (slow) God. |
| God. |
| The second word means “morning”. Here it is again: |
| (slow) Mor-gen. |
| Morgen. |
| Let’s break it down again: |
| (slow) God mor-gen. |
| God morgen. |
| ・ |
| In Danish, "Good afternoon" is |
| God eftermiddag. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) God ef-ter-mid-dag. |
| Once more: |
| God eftermiddag. |
| God, as we’ve already mentioned, means “good.” |
| The second word, eftermiddag, means “afternoon.” |
| (slow) ef-ter-mid-dag. |
| Efteremiddag. |
| All together, that is |
| (slow) God ef-ter-mid-dag. |
| God eftermiddag. |
| ・ |
| In Danish, “Good evening” is |
| God aften. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) God af-ten. |
| Once more: |
| God aften. |
| The second word, aften, means “ evening.” |
| (slow) Af-ten. |
| Aften. |
| All together, that’s |
| (slow) God af-ten. |
| God aften. |
| “Good night” is |
| Godnat. |
| This expression is a parting greeting, and just like in English, it’s also said before going to sleep. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) God-nat. |
| Once more: |
| Godnat. |
| It is a conjugation of the words god and nat. |
| The first word as you know is “good”, and the second word means “night.” |
| (slow) Nat. |
| Nat. |
| Once again, that’s: |
| (slow) God-nat. |
| Godnat. |
| The last expression with “good” is: Goddag! This is equivalent to “Good day” in English. And it can be used any time of day. |
| Let’s hear it one more time: |
| (slow) God-dag. |
| Goddag. |
| All of these expressions are very formal and stiff. To get a more natural expression between friends, Danes simply don’t pronounce the D in god, making it go’. However with friends, feel free to use other ways of greeting. Let’s take a look at them. |
| The most common way of saying “Hello” in Danish is |
| Hej! |
| (slow) Hej! |
| Hej! |
| Use this word with your friends and with young people. |
| And Go’dag is also very common. |
| (slow) Go’-dag. |
| Go’dag |
| The first one can also be used as a farewell. In case of hej just say it twice – hej hej – and it becomes “bye bye”. |
| Let’s hear that again: |
| (slow) Hej hej. |
| Hej hej. |
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