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PD1 Course · Lesson 5

Where I Live — Hvor jeg bor

Talk about your type of home in simple Danish

Goal: Say what kind of home you live in and where it is, using en/et and Jeg bor i…

Practice first

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Types of home, en / et and Jeg bor i…

Listen to the housing words, sort them into en or et, then build Jeg bor i {article} {home}.

1. Hear the housing words

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Listen and repeat each word.

2. Sort: en or et?

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Put each housing word in the correct box. Then press Check.

Tap a word, then tap en or et. Or drag the word into a box. Tap a placed word to return it.

en

Drop here

et

Drop here

3. Build: Jeg bor i…

Use en with en-words and et with et-words.

Jeg bor i … ….

Example: Jeg bor i en lejlighed. Jeg bor i et hus.

Sentence order

4. Put the words in order

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Tap the Danish words in the correct order.

English

I live in an apartment.

Your sentence

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Tap the words below

Review lesson

PD1 · Lesson 5 — read after you practice.

1) Types of home

et hus — a house
en lejlighed — an apartment
et værelse — a room
en villa — a detached house

2) I live in…

Jeg bor i et hus. — I live in a house.
Jeg bor i en lejlighed. — I live in an apartment.
Jeg bor på et værelse. — I live in a room.
Hvor bor du? — Where do you live?

3) Big or small

et stort hus — a big house
en lille lejlighed — a small apartment
Min bolig er lille. — My home is small.

4) Who I live with

Jeg bor alene. — I live alone.
Jeg bor sammen med min familie. — I live with my family.
Jeg bor med min mand og to børn. — I live with my husband and two children.

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Speaking tasks

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

Your home

Say a true sentence: Jeg bor i en lejlighed / et hus / på et værelse.

Big or small

Say: Min bolig er stor / lille.

Who with

Say: Jeg bor alene. / Jeg bor sammen med min familie.

Lesson complete

Practice saying where and how you live before lesson 6 (rooms).