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These 50 words cover ~40% of everyday Danish
Pronouns(14)
det
it, that
/de/
den
it, that (common gender)
/den/
de
they, the (plural)
/di/
som
who, which, as
/sʌm/
han
he
/han/
jeg
I
/jɑj/
sig
oneself, himself, herself
/sɑj/
vi
we
/vi/
hun
she
/hun/
alle
all, everyone
/alə/
hvad
what
/vað/
ham
him
/hɑm/
sin
his, her, its (reflexive)
/sin/
mig
me
/mɑj/
Articles(2)
en
a, one (common gender)
/en/
et
a, one (neuter gender)
/ed/
Core Verbs(10)
er
is, are
/æɐ̯/
har
have, has
/hɑː/
var
was, were
/vɑː/
kan
can, may
/kæn/
ville
would, wanted to
/vilə/
blev
became, was (past tense)
/blew/
skulle
should, was going to
/sgulə/
vil
will, want to
/vel/
havde
had
/hæðə/
kunne
could, was able to
/kunə/
Adverbs(8)
der
there, who, which
/dæɐ̯/
ikke
not
/egə/
her
here
/hæɐ̯/
så
so, then, saw
/sɔ/
nu
now
/nu/
ud
out
/uð/
op
up
/ʌb/
ind
in, into
/en/
Prepositions(11)
i
in, you (plural)
/i/
til
to, for, until
/tel/
på
on, at
/pɔ/
for
for, because, too
/fɒ/
med
with
/með/
af
of, by, off
/æ/
om
about, around, if
/ʌm/
fra
from
/fʁɑ/
over
over, above
/ɒwɐ/
efter
after, behind
/ɛfdɐ/
ved
at, by, know
/veð/
Connectors(5)
og
and
/ɔ/
at
that, to
/ad/
men
but
/men/
eller
or
/ɛlɐ/
da
when, since, then
/da/