KitsumiFree basic Danish words
A seven-page printable PDF for your first weeks of Danish: the sounds, how words work, 235 everyday words and sentences to read aloud.
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What's inside
- How Danish soundsæ, ø and å, the soft d in mad and gade, the soft g in dag and pige, the r in the throat, swallowed endings, the little stød in hund, and why Danish sounds fast.
- How words worken and et words in two colours, the article on the end for the (bilen, huset), plurals in a small table, verbs that stay the same for everyone, and the verb in second place.
- 235 words, then show wordsHej, tak and tak for mad, family with mormor and farfar, numbers with halvtreds and tres, smørrebrød and rugbrød, places and verbs. Then hold da op, hyggeligt, pyt and nå, what to call people, and ten sentences to read before you check.
How to use it
- Read the sounds page aloud, one row at a time. Keep it next to you while you read the rest.
- Read the grammar page twice. You don't need to learn it, just to notice en and et, and where the verb goes.
- Learn five words a day. Cover the grey English on the last page, read each sentence aloud, then slide the paper down to check.
- Watch something in Danish with Kitsumi and catch the words you know. Hej, nå and hyggeligt turn up in every scene.
Questions
Is it free?
Yes. It's a free PDF with no sign-up. Print it, keep it and share it.
Why does spoken Danish sound so different from the page?
Danish is said softer than it's spelled: d and g go soft, endings get swallowed. Even Norwegians and Swedes find it fast. Subtitles help, because you see the full word while you hear it.
How do I know if a word is en or et?
There's no reliable rule, so the sheet colours every noun: en in blue, et in green. About three nouns in four are en words, so en is the better guess.