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A2 Course · Lesson 3

Right Now

Say what is happening now in Danish

Goal: Talk about now with present tense, lige nu, and er ved at + infinitive.

Practice first

Practice Now

Now, lige nu, and er ved at

Learn now-phrases, then build Jeg er ved at {verb}.

1. Now words

Words practiced: 0 / 6

Tap each time word.

2. Infinitives after er ved at

Verbs practiced: 0 / 7

Dictionary form — no present -r.

3. Full now-sentences

Sentences practiced: 0 / 6

Natural models for “now”.

4. Build: Jeg er ved at…

Pick an infinitive after er ved at.

Jeg er ved at ….

Example: Jeg er ved at lave mad.

Sentence order

Put the words in order

Sentence 1 / 7Correct: 0

Tap the Danish words in the correct order.

English

What are you doing right now?

Your sentence

Tap the words below

Tap the words below

Review lesson

A2 · Lesson 3 — read after you practice.

1) Present for “now”

Danish often uses the present for actions happening now:
Jeg spiser nu.
Hun arbejder.
Hvad laver du?

2) lige nu

lige nu — right now
Lige nu arbejder jeg.
Jeg sidder og læser lige nu.

3) er ved at

er ved at + infinitive = in the middle of doing it:
Jeg er ved at lave mad.
Hun er ved at skrive en mail.
Vi er ved at gå.

↑ Back to practice

Speaking tasks

Say these out loud. Use Listen when you want a model.

Right now

Look around and say: Lige nu … / Jeg er ved at …

Ask someone

Hvad laver du lige nu?

Cooking chunk

Jeg er ved at lave mad.

Lesson complete

Say two true “right now” lines before lesson 4 (plans with skal).