A1 · Beginner
Family
Talk about your closest relatives and loved ones with these essential Danish family words.
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- Words & phrases
- 33
- Lessons
- 3
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 2
A preview of what you’ll master
Words you’ll make your own.
Explore every meaning in this unit. Learn how to say it in Danish when you start.
- a family
- a mother
- a father
- parents
- a sister
- a brother
- siblings
- a child
- a son
- a daughter
- a grandmother
- a grandfather
- a grandmother (mother's mother)
- a grandfather (mother's father)
- a grandmother (father's mother)
- a grandfather (father's father)
- an aunt
- an uncle
- a cousin (male)
- a cousin (female)
- a husband
- a wife
- a boyfriend or girlfriend
- a baby
- married
- to live (somewhere)
- to love
- old
- young
- a home
- to raise a child
- a couple (two partners)
- a man
Danish words, pronunciation, and practice are waiting inside your learning account.
Understand the why
Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Talking About Family
- Lesson 2
The Verbs være and have
- Lesson 3
Who Is in the Photo?
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.

Beginner · Part 1
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
25 Units · about 20.5 h

Talk About Your Family
Describe your relatives and their personalities, and talk about births, weddings and other milestones.
4 Units · about 3.5 h

Getting to Know People
Say where you are from, talk about your family and free time, and make plans by phone or text.
9 Units · about 7.5 h
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