Danish Syntax - The 3 Ways of Constructing Real Sentences in Danish

Do you know how to make correct sentences in Danish? It is a bit more complicated than in English.
You might already know about "Inversion". If not, check out my video on inversion:
• Inversion in Danish an...
And what about subordinate clauses? Did you know that the word order in subclauses is different than in main clauses?
The content of this video is essential for any speaker or wannabe-speaker of the Danish language!
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[@mikhailpodolskiy85]

Tak for videoen! Jeg er sikker på, at du er en god lærer

Det var så godt!! Tak for forklaringen.

[@Ingo64]

Every method has got its pros, and everyone has got his most preferred method. I personally prefer the so called "old-fashioned" one, that is starting from the grammar. That's my way of life.

[@jwybecker]

Inversion is killing me! Your videos are very helpful, even if I have to watch them 3 or 4 times :)

[@MicsLanguages]

Thank you! In general, watching instructive videos several times is a good thing :)

[@damienl6411]

Mic, Im following you. This inversion is simple and super! thanks dude

[@MicsLanguages]

Perfect. It is indeed easy, but sometimes difficult to remember to do for people who haven't grown up with it.

[@wilsongt9870]

Really engaging I love this

[@kingmaekartargaryen4975]

Great videos - I have learnt so much from you

[@MicsLanguages]

Det er dejligt at høre! Tak skal du have 🙂

[@angelacarstensen]

This was so helpful, thank you! I am regularly confused by where to put the ikke, haha. Hopefully this systematic approach will make it clearer for me in the future.

[@MicsLanguages]

Great, thank you!! So now you have an overview, and the next step could be to get a lot of data from Danish sentences. For some of the sentences you can analyze the word order cognitively, and for others you just let them sink in, until the syntax in Danish sentences is second nature to you. 🙂

[@yvettedeklerk8577]

Mange tak Mic !

[@ungureanusimona3873]

Hi, Can you make a video about SKAL because it has many meanings.

[@user-dd4tf4zk1q]

The example of DT is so Interesting 😁

[@erikbrush]

Tak for de gode videoer. De hjælper meget med at formalisere min grammatik og udvide mit ordforråd på Dansk. Jeg er vokset op med at tale Dansk, Tysk, og Engelsk. Men efter at have boet i Amerika i lang tid er jeg rusten, og mit ordforråd har lidt under ikke at tale mit modersmål så længe. Dine lektioner er en god genopfriskning for mig. Tak igen. Erik.

[@MicsLanguages]

Mange tak, Erik! Det er dejligt at høre at mine videoer hjælper dig med genopfriske dit dansk. Husk også at se danske programmer og lytte til dansk radio. Der er jo masser af muligheder nu med internettet. www.dr.dk/drtv/ er et godt sted at starte. Jeg ønsker dig god fornøjelse!

[@erikbrush]

Tak skal du have! Jeg vil tjekke linket. Min mor er lige nu på besøg i København og på Sjælland. Hun skal flytte tilbage og har søgt om at få sit Danske statsborgerskab fornyet. Hun bor i Colorado USA i øjeblikket og har trukket sig tilbage fra arbejdet for den amerikanske regering. Men med al den politik og nonsens i USA, får hun hjemve. Danmark er et vidunderligt sted for hende at trække sig tilbage. Jeg øver mig stadig i at tale Dansk af og til med min nevø og andre slægtninge. Men problemet er, at jeg ikke bliver rettet så tit. Jeg har også mistanke om, at jeg indskyder tyske ord nu og da. Jeg boede i Tyskland og Danmark uendeligt i 12 år. Jeg taler 5 sprog, hvis du ikke også inkluderer den lille smule russiske sætninger, jeg har lært. Jeg er taknemmelig for linket. Jeg vil undersøge det. Hilsen Mick!

[@nataliyaelizarova6478]

Tusind tak!

[@catmanx5487]

Thanks Mic.. now I understand how word order in Danish works.. Du er en god lærer.. tusind tak Mic 😃

[@MicsLanguages]

Åh, mange tak 🙂 Jeg er glad for at jeg har kunnet hjælpe dig med at forstå dansk syntaks. Jeg håber at du ikke synes, det er alt for svært. 🙂

[@CarnivoreCalculator]

En super god lærer! I was even able to understand this person’s complete comment because of Mic’s videos.

[@michellelencinas4934]

Thanks god I found you!

[@user-je1jn6vh1f]

jeg kommer fra danmark

[@merlenh8405]

Great video, thanks, Mic! PS- I believe you meant to say the "childlike way" and not the "childish way." They do not mean the same thing. :-)

[@MicsLanguages]

Hi Merlên! I guess I know that they are not the same, but I didn't know it when I said it 😁Thanks, always glad for help!

[@LittleImpaler]

So let me get this straight. In Danish I can choose how to write sentence. As long as it's in these 3 form? Is there a certain time you should write it in certain way?

[@MicsLanguages]

well, in a main clause you can choose if you want to start with the Subject => no inversion, or with something else => inversion. In a subclause you just have one correct syntax, although sometimes you can change things around a bit, especially in the spoken language. The syntax in Danish is very similar to German

[@TwoUp22]

thank you for the vid! how do I know when to use what syntax? is there a simple rule. thanks.

[@Mlw693]

#1-I eat banana today #2-today I eat banana(in danish ,you have to invert if the subject is in the middle of a sentence) 3#I say,that I eat banana today Mic ,please correct me if I am teaching it wrong.

[@jorgesalmeron77]

Du have more podcasts?

[@MicsLanguages]

I'm sorry, I don't have any podcasts (yet?)

[@MegaManouchehr]

🎉

[@Mlw693]

Can we omit the adverb if we want?

[@MicsLanguages]

Yes, there doesn't need to be an adverb for a sentence to be correct

[@gregburgess8714]

tousind tak, fremragende undervisning

[@MicsLanguages]

tak!

[@gregburgess8714]

@@MicsLanguages Selv tak!

[@TigranAbgarjan]

Wow, so it really seems that in that particular case it is very similar to German syntax! 1. DU KOMMST NICHT aus Dänemark. (S-V-A) 2. Aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach KOMMST DU NICHT aus Dänemark. (V-S-A) 3. Ich nehme an, dass DU NICHT aus Dänemark KOMMST. (S-A-V) I try to remember it that way 😄

[@MicsLanguages]

Ja, was die Satzstellung betrifft, haben die beiden Sprachen viel gemeinsam. Außer dass im Deutschen das Verb im Nebensatz am Ende kommt. Aber du hast hier durchaus einen klaren Vorteil 😉

[@happycookies_yt8115]

Jeg ikke snakker manger flot dansk But still i want to learn and after talk

[@lohphat]

“Childish” has a pejorative connotation in English, it’s an insult. E.g. “You’re acting childish!” I think you meant “child-like” which is more descriptive of the method, “as a child would do”.

[@MicsLanguages]

Thanks! I am aware of the connotations of childish, that's why I made quotation marks in the air (if I remember correctly). But yeah, it would probably have sounded better with child-like, but I was trying to make it sound funny. Thanks for helping me out anyway. Always appreciated! 😉

[@user-dd4tf4zk1q]

I am not from Denmark 😂😂

[@annepamelamanning]

Jeg kommer i morgen. Jeg kommer ikke i morgen. I morgen kommer jeg ikke. I morgen kommer jeg måske ikke. Hvis du har lyst, må du gerne komme i morgen. Det er muligt, at hun ikke kommer i morgen. Hun skal ikke siger noget indtil han kommer tilbage. Hun siger at hun ikke skal siger noget indtil han kommer tilbage.

[@MicsLanguages]

Næsten helt perfekt!! Der mangler lige den rigtige form (infinitiv) i de sidste to sætninger. Hun skal ikke sige... Rigtig fint!

[@LittleImpaler]

I really hate how a lot of language program apps have you translate EVERYTHING. It just makes me want to scream. Translating is a horrible way of learning a language. Because it doesn't make you think that language. How you say something in English isn't the same way you say it in another language. It is better to think like a Dane. How do you do this? By learning the grammatical structure. Once you learn the grammatical structure you can say anything in Danish Will you sound extermly well educated when speaking, yes!. You will sound like Shakespeare. My German teacher's wife (who was also my German teacher in America. ) Hated that I spoke too properly. I didn't care, because the Germans loved it. German do judge you on how you well you speak German. I was very proud of myself. I sounded educated. Before you learn the colloquial language you must learn it correctly. If you don't, the language you are learning will be incorrect.