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- Luna: Welcome back to Learn Danish with Fexingo! I'm Luna, and I am ready to learn some new words today. Lucas: And I'm Lucas. Luna, have you ever been to a Danish grocery store? Luna: Oh, I have! It's so colorful. But I always get confused with the names of the fruit and vegetables. Lucas: That's exactly what we'll work on today. We'll learn a few basic ones. Let's start with an easy one: et æble. That's an apple. Luna: Et æble. Apple. Sounds nice. Lucas: Exactly. Now you try: et æble. Luna: Et æble. Lucas: Perfect. Next, a banana is en banan. Notice it's 'en' for banana, not 'et'. Luna: En banan. That's easy because it's almost the same as English. Lucas: Yes, many fruit names are similar. Let's hear you say it: en banan. Luna: En banan. Lucas: Great. Now, how about en tomat? A tomato. Luna: En tomat. That's like English too. Lucas: Right. And a cucumber is en agurk. That one's a bit different. Luna: En agurk. Agurk. Hmm, that's tricky. Lucas: Don't worry, let's practice: en agurk. Luna: En agurk. Lucas: Good. Now, let's put them into simple phrases. If you want to ask 'How much is an apple?' you say: Hvad koster et æble? Luna: Hvad koster et æble? That's useful. Lucas: Yes. Can you try it? Luna: Hvad koster et æble? Lucas: Perfect. And if you want to say 'I would like a banana,' you say: Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Luna: Jeg vil gerne have en banan. That's a longer one. Lucas: Let's break it down. Jeg vil gerne have means 'I would like to have.' So, Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Luna: Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Lucas: Beautiful. Now let's do a little scene. Imagine we're at a supermarket. I'm the seller. You come up to me. Lucas: Hvad kunne du tænke dig? Luna: Oh, I know this one. Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Hvad koster et æble? Lucas: Excellent! The apple is 2 kroner. And here's your banana. Luna: Tak! This is fun. I think I'm getting the hang of it. Lucas: You are. And by the way, if Fexingo has been helping you make progress with Danish, keeping this show ad-free is really simple. You can support us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to say thanks and keep the lessons coming. Lucas: Exactly. Now, back to our fruit. Let's say you want a tomato and a cucumber. How would you say that? Luna: Jeg vil gerne have en tomat og en agurk? Lucas: Perfect! You added 'og' for 'and'. So, en tomat og en agurk. Luna: En tomat og en agurk. I'll remember that. Lucas: Let's review all our words. Repeat after me: et æble. Luna: Et æble. Lucas: En banan. Luna: En banan. Lucas: En tomat. Luna: En tomat. Lucas: En agurk. Luna: En agurk. Lucas: And the phrases: Hvad koster et æble? Luna: Hvad koster et æble? Lucas: Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Luna: Jeg vil gerne have en banan. Lucas: Fantastic. You did great today, Luna. Luna: Thank you, Lucas. Now I can go shopping with confidence. Practice these with us, everyone, and see you next time! Lucas: Thanks for listening to Learn Danish with Fexingo. Vi ses!