Tag Archives: slang
If it’s a downer it’s an again’er! Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Oct 11, 2013
The suffix -er makes magic in Danish as well as English. You just have at tænke, to think, and poof! you’re en tænker, a thinker. You want at flyve (to fly), and there you go: en flyver! Well, okay, that’s not a ”flier”, but an airplane… The last example is actually shortened from flyvemaskine – airplane…
4 Easy Ways To Be Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Mar 8, 2013
It’s been a while since I last talked to you about grammatik ([gramaTICK], grammar). For some learners, that’s more or less a necessary evil. I always say that learning grammar can be just as sjovt ([shorwt], fun) as exploring the culture or learning vocabulary. Let’s talk about at være (to be). One of the first…