1) Four useful modals
bør — should (advice)
må — may / allowed to
er nødt til at — have to / need to
A2 Course · Lesson 7
Give advice and talk about rules and necessity
Goal: Use skal, bør, må and er nødt til at for obligation, advice, and permission.
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Learn the modals, then build Du bør {verb}.
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er nødt til at + infinitive.
Give friendly advice.
Du bør ….
Example: Du bør sove mere.
Sentence order
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Tap the Danish words in the correct order.
You should sleep more.
Your sentence
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A2 · Lesson 7 — read after you practice.
Say these out loud. Use Listen when you want a model.
Du bør … (sleep, practise Danish, drink water).
Må jeg åbne vinduet? Må jeg låne din cykel?
Jeg er nødt til at … (go, work, sleep).
Give one piece of advice and ask one må-question before lesson 8 (quantity).