{"id":1652,"date":"2017-12-31T16:47:24","date_gmt":"2017-12-31T16:47:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2017-12-31T16:47:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-31T16:47:24","slug":"looking-back-and-looking-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2017\/12\/31\/looking-back-and-looking-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking Back and Looking Forward"},"content":{"rendered":"
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S\u00e5 blev der minsandten nyt\u00e5r igen!<\/b> (Then it really became New Year again!) Nyt\u00e5rsaften<\/b> (New Year\u2019s Eve) is a time for looking back at \u00e5ret der gik<\/b> (the year that went) as well as looking forward to det nye \u00e5r<\/b> (the new year). Let\u2019s look in both directions in this post. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

To recall something, for example when speaking with your danske venner<\/b> (Danish friends), you most often use the past tense. In Danish, this usually means that your verb will take the ending -ede <\/b>or occasionally -te <\/b>(cykle<\/b> \u201dgo by bike\u201d > cyklede <\/b>\u201dwent by bike\u201d; k\u00f8re<\/b> \u201ddrive\u201d > k\u00f8rte<\/b> \u201ddrove\u201d). Of course, you\u2019ve also got a handful of strong verbs that work similarly as the ones you know from English (synge<\/b> \u201dsing\u201d > sang<\/b> \u201dsang\u201d). Here are some phrases to talk about your oplevelser <\/b>(experiences) in 2017:<\/p>\n