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    Danish Verbs (100 Conjugated Verbs)
    Danish Verbs (100 Conjugated Verbs)
    Danish Verbs (100 Conjugated Verbs)
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    Danish Verbs (100 Conjugated Verbs)

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    Especially written for electronic devices, Danish verbs has an introduction to the formation of all verbal tenses in Danish, as well as 100 essential verbs fully conjugated with their meaning. This book allows the user to search in all the text because it has no images or vanishing or unreadable text.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKaribdis
    Release dateApr 4, 2018
    ISBN9781370762699
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      Danish Verbs (100 Conjugated Verbs) - Karibdis

      Editorial Karibdis

      Danish Verbs

      100 verbs series - Volume 5

      First edition

      Karibdis 05.04.18

      Original title: Danish Verbs

      © Editorial Karibdis, 2018

      Cover design: Karina Martínez Ramírez

      Vector cover image: Creative_hat / Freepik

      Digital editor: Karibdis

      First edition: April 2018

      All rights are reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission. The unauthorized reproduction of this copyrighted work is illegal. No part of this book may be scanned, uploaded or distributed via the internet or any other means, electronic or print, without the publishers permission.

      If you find any misprint, mistake or typo in this book and you want to communicate it to us, please write us at the following email:idiomaskaribdis@gmail.com. We will be very pleased to receive your comments, doubts or other observations in order to make this book better.

      DANISH VERBS

      1. Introduction

      Danish language belongs to the Germanic languages like English, German and Swedish. The main features of the Danish language are:

      mood: indicative, conditional, imperative

      tense: present, past, future

      person: first, second, third

      number: singular, plural

      voice: active, passive, reflexive

      2. Classification of verbs

      Danish verbs are divided into two groups, according to the formation of the past and the past participle:

      Weak or regular verbs: the vowel of the root does not change

      Strong or irregular verbs: the vowel of the root changes

      3. Present indicative

      The present indicative of Danish verbs is formed with the infinitive of the verb plus the ending -r. There is only one form for all persons in singular and plural:

      SNAKKE (talk)

      snakke-r

      snakke-r

      snakke-r

      snakke-r

      snakke-r

      snakke-r

      There is a group of verbs whose form of the present indicative is irregular:

      gøre (do) — gør

      have (have) — har

      være (be) — er

      kunne (can) — kan

      skulle (must) — skal

      ville (want) — vil

      måtte (may) — må

      burde (should) — bør

      turde (dare) — tør

      vide (know) — ved

      4. Compound past

      The compound past indicative of all verbs is formed with the auxiliary verb have (have) in present indicative plus the past participle of the main verb:

      ARBEJDE (work)

      har arbejdet

      har arbejdet

      har arbejdet

      har arbejdet

      har arbejdet

      har arbejdet

      There is a group of intransitive verbs which form the compound tenses with the auxiliary verb være (be). Some of these verbs are begynde (start), blive (become), dø (die), ende (turn out), falde (fall), flytte (move), flyve (fly), foregå (happen), gå (walk), komme (come), køre (go), lukke (close), løbe (run), rejse (travel), ske (occur), starte (start up), stige (rise), stå (stand), svømme (swim), vokse (grow):

      ANKOMME (arrive)

      er ankommet

      er ankommet

      er ankommet

      er ankommet

      er ankommet

      er ankommet

      5. Past

      The past indicative of weak verbs is formed with the root of the verb plus the ending -(e)de:

      LAVE (make)

      lav-ede

      lav-ede

      lav-ede

      lav-ede

      lav-ede

      lav-ede

      Another group of weak verbs forms the past indicative with the root of the verb plus the ending -te:

      KØBE (buy)

      køb-te

      køb-te

      køb-te

      køb-te

      køb-te

      køb-te

      The past indicative of strong verbs is irregular (see the list of strong verbs):

      SE (look)

      så

      så

      så

      så

      så

      så

      6. Pluperfect

      The pluperfect indicative of all verbs is formed with the auxiliary verb have (have) in the past plus the past participle of the main verb:

      SPISE (eat)

      havde spist

      havde spist

      havde spist

      havde spist

      havde spist

      havde spist

      Some intransitive verbs as begynde (start), blive (become), dø (die), ende (turn out), falde (fall), flytte (move), flyve (fly), foregå (happen), gå (walk), komme (come), køre (go), lukke (close), løbe (run), rejse (travel), ske (occur), starte (start up), stige (rise), stå (stand), svømme (swim) and vokse (grow) form the pluperfect with the auxiliary verb være (be) in the past plus the past participle of the main verb:

      ANKOMME (arrive)

      var ankommet

      var ankommet

      var ankommet

      var ankommet

      var ankommet

      var ankommet

      7. Future

      The future indicative of all verbs is formed with the present indicative of the auxiliary verb ville (want) plus the infinitive of the main verb:

      REJSE (travel)

      vil rejse

      vil rejse

      vil rejse

      vil rejse

      vil rejse

      vil rejse

      8. Compound future

      The compound future indicative of all verbs is formed with the auxiliary verb have (have) in future plus the past participle of the main verb:

      ARBEJDE (work)

      vil have arbejdet

      vil have arbejdet

      vil have arbejdet

      vil have arbejdet

      vil have arbejdet

      vil have arbejdet

      Some intransitive verbs as begynde (start), blive (become), dø (die), ende (turn out), falde (fall), flytte (move), flyve (fly), foregå (happen), gå (walk), komme (come), køre (go), lukke (close), løbe (run), rejse (travel), ske (occur), starte (start up), stige (rise), stå (stand), svømme (swim) and vokse (grow) form the compound future with the auxiliary verb være (be) in future simple plus the past participle of the main verb:

      ANKOMME (arrive)

      vil være ankommet

      vil være ankommet

      vil være ankommet

      vil være ankommet

      vil være ankommet

      vil være ankommet

      9. Present conditional

      The present conditional of all verbs is formed with the auxiliary verb ville (want) in the past plus the infinitive of the main verb:

      BÆRE (carry)

      ville bære

      ville bære

      ville bære

      ville bære

      ville bære

      ville bære

      10. Past conditional

      The past conditional of all verbs is formed with the auxiliary verb have (have) in present conditional plus the past participle of the main verb:

      ARBEJDE (work)

      ville have arbejdet

      ville have arbejdet

      ville have arbejdet

      ville have arbejdet

      ville have arbejdet

      ville have arbejdet

      Some intransitive verbs as begynde (start), blive (become), dø (die), ende (turn out), falde (fall), flytte (move), flyve (fly), foregå (happen), gå (walk), komme (come), køre (go), lukke (close), løbe (run), rejse (travel), ske (occur), starte (start up), stige (rise), stå (stand), svømme (swim) and vokse (grow) form the past conditional with the auxiliary verb være (be) in present conditional

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