{"id":1467,"date":"2016-09-30T12:17:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T12:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2016-09-30T12:17:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T12:17:07","slug":"basic-shapes-in-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2016\/09\/30\/basic-shapes-in-danish\/","title":{"rendered":"Basic Shapes in Danish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1468\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1468\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1468\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-350x350.png\" alt=\"(Image from OpenClipart.)\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Image from <a href=\"https:\/\/openclipart.org\/detail\/3154\/game-marbles-shapes\">OpenClipart<\/a>.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\">You\u2019ve got the colours, and now you need <b>formerne <\/b>(the shapes). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\">You can certainly guess what <b>cirkel<\/b> [SEERkl] means. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Streg<\/b> [sdry] is a common word for <b>linje<\/b> [LINyeh] (line). When you\u2019re drawing shapes, it\u2019s hard to avoid <b>streger<\/b>. Some of them get together to make a <b>vinkel<\/b> (angle).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">In the Danish flag, two white bars cross and become a \u2026 <b>kors<\/b> (cross).<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">A <b>trekant<\/b> [TREHkant] (\u201dthree-edge\u201d) is a triangle, and I\u2019m quite sure you know what the following words mean: <b>firkant, femkant, sekskant\u2026<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">A <b>firkant<\/b> where all four <b>sider<\/b> (sides) are <b>lige lange<\/b> (\u201dequally long\u201d) is a <b>kvadrat<\/b> [kvahDRAAHT]. That word, however, is much less used in ordinary speech than \u201dsquare\u201d in English. \ud83d\ude42 Most of the times, <b>firkant<\/b> will do just fine.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\">As in English, some shapes are named after things in the \u201dreal world\u201d: <b>stjerne<\/b> (star), <b>halvm\u00e5ne<\/b> [HAL-MAWneh] (crescent), <b>hjerte<\/b> [YERteh] (heart).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">Turning these nouns into adjectives (\u201ddescription words\u201d) is easy:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Taget er trekantet.<\/b> (The roof is triangular.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Flaget er firkantet.<\/b> (The flag is rectangular.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Blomsten er stjerneformet.<\/b> (The flower is star-shaped.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\">And oh, I almost forgot, <i>round<\/i> is \u2026 <b>rund<\/b>:<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Solen er rund. <\/b>(The sun is round.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">Please note that the <b>-et<\/b> adjectives change their endig to <b>-ede<\/b> when in front of a definite noun or when describing plural nouns. (You know, those places where an ordinary adjective would get an &#8211;<b>e!<\/b>)<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Har du set det trekantede vindue? <\/b>(Have you seen the triangular window?)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Alle vores blomster er stjerneformede.<\/b> (All our flowers are star-shaped.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p3\">Finally, we need a <b>m\u00f8nster<\/b> (pattern) for our <b>tegning<\/b> [TYE-ning] (drawing). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Gardinet har prikker. Det er prikket. <\/b>(The curtain has got spots on it. It\u2019s spotted.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>T-shirten har striber. Den er stribet.<\/b> (The t-shirt has got stripes on it. It\u2019s striped.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Nederdelen har blomster. Den er blomstret.<\/b> (The skirt has got flowers on it. It\u2019s flowered.)<\/li>\n<li class=\"li3\"><b>Sofaen har tern. Den er ternet.<\/b> (The sofa has got squares on it. It\u2019s chequered.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-350x350.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-350x350.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2016\/09\/nicubunu-Game-marbles-shapes-800px.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>You\u2019ve got the colours, and now you need formerne (the shapes). \ud83d\ude42 You can certainly guess what cirkel [SEERkl] means. \ud83d\ude42 Streg [sdry] is a common word for linje [LINyeh] (line). When you\u2019re drawing shapes, it\u2019s hard to avoid streger. Some of them get together to make a vinkel (angle). 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