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- Lucas: Welcome back to Learn Danish with Fexingo. I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna. Lucas, I'm in the mood for something wild today. Lucas: Oh really? Wild how? Luna: Let's go to the zoo! I want to learn animal names in Danish. Lucas: Perfect idea. Zoologisk have — that's Danish for zoo. Let's start with a big one: en elefant. Luna: En elefant. That's elephant, right? Lucas: Exactly. En elefant. Say it with me: en elefant. Luna: En elefant. En elefant. I love that word. Lucas: And what's the king of the jungle in Danish? En løve. Luna: En løve. That sounds strong. Løve. Lucas: Yes. En løve. Now, a playful one: en abe. Luna: En abe. Oh, that's monkey! En abe. Lucas: Right. And a cute one: en panda. Luna: En panda. That's almost the same as English. Lucas: Exactly. So we have en elefant, en løve, en abe, en panda. Let's practice a phrase: Kan du se den? Luna: Kan du se den? That means 'Can you see it?' right? Lucas: Yes. Kan du se den? Kan du se elefanten? Luna: Kan du se elefanten? Can you see the elephant? Lucas: Perfect. And to ask where something is: Hvor er...? For example, Hvor er løven? Luna: Hvor er løven? Where is the lion? Lucas: Yes. Let's put it together. Imagine we're at the zoo. I say: Kan du se elefanten? Luna: Hmm... Kan du se elefanten? No, I don't see it. Hvor er den? Lucas: Hvor er den? That's 'Where is it?' Good. Den er derovre — it's over there. Now you try: Kan du se aben? Luna: Kan du se aben? Yes! Jeg kan se aben! I see the monkey! Lucas: Ah, yes! Jeg kan se aben. Kan du se pandan? Luna: Pandan? Oh, en panda. Kan du se pandan? Yes, den er sød — it's cute. Lucas: Den er sød. I like that. Okay, let's review our animals one more time. Luna: Yes, please. En elefant. Lucas: En løve. Luna: En abe. Lucas: En panda. Luna: And the phrases: Kan du se den? and Hvor er...? Lucas: Excellent. You're ready for a real Danish zoo visit. Luna: Before we go, I have to say: I love that Fexingo keeps these episodes ad-free. It feels like a pure learning space. Lucas: Totally. If Fexingo has helped you make progress with Danish, and you want to support that ad-free mission, you can at buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Exactly. Every bit helps keep the show focused on learning. Lucas: Now, one more thing: you can also say Jeg elsker dyr — I love animals. Jeg elsker dyr. Luna: Jeg elsker dyr. And jeg elsker at lære dansk — I love learning Danish. Lucas: That's wonderful. Keep practicing these animal names, and next time you're at a zoo, you'll be ready. Vi ses! Luna: Vi ses! Tak for i dag!