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- Lucas: Velkommen til Learn Danish with Fexingo. Episode 138. Luna, how are you feeling today? Luna: I'm good, Lucas. I was just thinking about summer. It's finally getting warm here. Lucas: Oh, nice. Summer in Denmark is pretty special. Lots of outdoor activities. Let's learn some Danish words for summer activities today. Luna: Yes, please. I want to sound like a local when I talk about what I do in the sun. Lucas: Alright. First one: at svømme. That's 'to swim'. Say it with me: at svømme. Luna: At svømme. Lucas: Good. At svømme. I go swimming in the sea. Jeg svømmer i havet. But the verb is at svømme. Luna: At svømme. I think I've heard that before. It's like 'swim' but with a Danish twist. Lucas: Exactly. Next: at solbade. That means 'to sunbathe'. At solbade. Luna: At solbade. That's fun. Sol is sun, bade is bathe. So sunbathe. Lucas: Right. At solbade. Many Danes love to solbade at the beach or in the park. Luna: At solbade. I can imagine myself at the beach saying that. Lucas: Third: at cykle. To bike. At cykle. Luna: At cykle. Oh, I love biking. That's very Danish, isn't it? Lucas: Absolutely. At cykle is a big part of Danish culture. You'll see people cycling everywhere. Luna: At cykle. I'll remember that. Lucas: Fourth: at grille. To barbecue. At grille. Luna: At grille. That sounds like 'grill' in English, but with a Danish pronunciation. Lucas: Exactly. Danes love to grille in the summer. So at grille. Luna: At grille. I can already smell the sausages. Lucas: Now let's put them into sentences. First: Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. I like to swim. Luna: Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. That's a bit longer, but okay. Lucas: You've heard 'kan godt lide' before. It means 'like'. So Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. Luna: Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. I like to swim. Got it. Lucas: Another sentence: Vi griller i haven. We barbecue in the garden. Luna: Vi griller i haven. Haven is garden, right? Lucas: Correct. Vi griller i haven. Repeat. Luna: Vi griller i haven. Lucas: Perfect. Now let's do a quick review. Luna, what's 'to swim'? Luna: At svømme. Lucas: To sunbathe? Luna: At solbade. Lucas: To bike? Luna: At cykle. Lucas: To barbecue? Luna: At grille. Lucas: Excellent. Now, imagine you're at the beach and you want to say 'I like to swim'. How would you say that? Luna: Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. Lucas: Perfect. And if you're inviting someone to barbecue in the garden? Luna: Vi griller i haven. Lucas: Yes. You're getting it. Luna: I really like these summer words. They're useful. Lucas: They are. And if Fexingo has been helping you make actual progress with Danish, maybe consider supporting the show. It keeps it ad-free and helps us keep making episodes like this one. You can find us at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to say thanks if you've been enjoying it. Lucas: Okay, back to summer. So we have at svømme, at solbade, at cykle, at grille. Let's practice one more sentence: Jeg vil gerne cykle i parken. I'd like to bike in the park. Luna: Jeg vil gerne cykle i parken. That's nice. Lucas: And maybe after biking, you might say: Så skal vi grille. Then we'll barbecue. Luna: Så skal vi grille. I like that plan. Lucas: Perfect. Let's do a warm-up repetition. Repeat after me: at svømme. Luna: At svømme. Lucas: At solbade. Luna: At solbade. Lucas: At cykle. Luna: At cykle. Lucas: At grille. Luna: At grille. Lucas: Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. Luna: Jeg kan godt lide at svømme. Lucas: Vi griller i haven. Luna: Vi griller i haven. Lucas: Wonderful. Now you have some Danish summer vocabulary. Practice these phrases, and next time we'll learn more. Mange tak for i dag, and see you next time. Luna: Tak, Lucas. Practice these till we chat again. Hej hej.