{"id":1219,"date":"2015-05-13T20:44:55","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T20:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2015-05-14T08:55:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T08:55:21","slug":"remember-the-words-you-forget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2015\/05\/13\/remember-the-words-you-forget\/","title":{"rendered":"Remember the words you forget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Together with my students at a language course, I recently found a great way of activating det<\/b> passive ordforr\u00e5d <\/b>(the passive vocabulary). I wrote a simple word on tavlen<\/b> (the blackboard), asking my students to find its mods\u00e6tning<\/b> (opposite). Then we picked another word, found its \u201dopposite\u201d, and the game went on and on and on\u2026 The students were surprised how many words they knew! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s play this game here on the blog. I\u2019ll add only one translation, the other you\u2019ll have to add in your mind!<\/p>\n

god <\/b>(good) \u2013 d\u00e5rlig<\/b><\/p>\n

sulten <\/b>(hungry) \u2013 m\u00e6t<\/b><\/p>\n

tom <\/b>(empty) \u2013 fuld<\/b><\/p>\n

fuld<\/b> (drunk) \u2013 \u00e6dru<\/b><\/p>\n

lille<\/b> (small) \u2013 stor<\/b><\/p>\n

dag<\/b> (day) \u2013 nat<\/b><\/p>\n

kvinde<\/b> (woman) \u2013 mand<\/b><\/p>\n

m\u00f8rk <\/b>(dark) \u2013 lys<\/b><\/p>\n

hvid<\/b> (white) \u2013 sort<\/b><\/p>\n

her<\/b> (here) \u2013 der<\/b><\/p>\n

trist<\/b> (sad) \u2013 glad<\/b><\/p>\n

tung<\/b> (heavy) \u2013 let<\/b><\/p>\n

let<\/b> (easy) \u2013 sv\u00e6r<\/b><\/p>\n

ude<\/b> (outside) \u2013 inde<\/b><\/p>\n

land <\/b>(countryside) \u2013 by<\/b><\/p>\n

ung<\/b> (young) \u2013 gammel<\/b><\/p>\n

tynd<\/b> (thin) \u2013 tyk<\/b><\/p>\n

at gr\u00e6de<\/b> (to weep) \u2013 at grine<\/b><\/p>\n

sund<\/b> (healthy) \u2013 usund<\/b><\/p>\n

fjende<\/b> (enemy) \u2013 ven<\/b><\/p>\n

krig<\/b> (war) \u2013 fred<\/b><\/p>\n

had <\/b>(hate) \u2013 k\u00e6rlighed<\/b><\/p>\n

sp\u00f8rgsm\u00e5l<\/b> (question) \u2013 svar<\/b><\/p>\n

klog<\/b> (knowledgeable) \u2013 dum<\/b><\/p>\n

bjerg<\/b> (mountain) \u2013 dal<\/b><\/p>\n

syg <\/b>(ill) \u2013 rask<\/b><\/p>\n

farlig <\/b>(dangerous) \u2013 tryg<\/b><\/p>\n

smuk <\/b>(beautiful) \u2013 grim<\/b><\/p>\n

kedelig<\/b> (boring) \u2013 sjov<\/b><\/p>\n

at huske<\/b> (to remember) \u2013 at glemme<\/b><\/p>\n

\u2026<\/b><\/p>\n

Now, that isn\u2019t too sv\u00e6r<\/b>, is it? \ud83d\ude42 Many words have a \u201dtwin\u201d or a \u201dpartner\u201d that somehow is linked to it without being an actual opposite. Take for instance<\/p>\n

hund<\/b> (dog) \u2013 kat<\/b><\/p>\n

at spise <\/b>(to eat) \u2013 at drikke<\/b><\/p>\n

at skynde sig <\/b>(to hurry) \u2013 at vente<\/b><\/p>\n

Do you agree with those? What are the opposites or \u201dpartners\u201d of<\/p>\n

is <\/b>(ice)<\/p>\n

hav<\/b> (sea)<\/p>\n

ansigt<\/b> (face)<\/p>\n

fod<\/b> (foot)<\/p>\n

stilhed<\/b> (silence)<\/p>\n

k\u00f8d<\/b> (meat)<\/p>\n

at smile<\/b> (to smile)<\/p>\n

at snakke<\/b> (to talk)<\/p>\n

bl\u00e5<\/b> (blue)<\/p>\n

regn<\/b> (rain)<\/p>\n

?<\/p>\n

Sometimes, words seem to come in sets of 3 or 4: far, mor, b\u00f8rn <\/b>(dad, mum, kids) \u2013 sol, m\u00e5ne, stjerne <\/b>(sun, moon, star) \u2013 nord, syd, \u00f8st, vest<\/b> (N, S, E, W) \u2013 \u00f8re, n\u00e6se, \u00f8je, mund<\/b> (ear, nose, eye, mouth). Maybe we could \u201dgamify\u201d those sets as well\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Together with my students at a language course, I recently found a great way of activating det passive ordforr\u00e5d (the passive vocabulary). I wrote a simple word on tavlen (the blackboard), asking my students to find its mods\u00e6tning (opposite). Then we picked another word, found its \u201dopposite\u201d, and the game went on and on and…<\/p>\n

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