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- Lucas: Velkommen tilbage to Learn Danish with Fexingo! I'm Lucas. Luna: And I'm Luna! Hey, Lucas — last time we did body parts at the doctor. That was useful. Lucas: Glad you liked it. Today I thought we'd go a bit further with family. We've done mor, far, bror, søster. But what about grandparents? Luna: Ohh good. I've been wanting to talk about my family more in Danish. Lucas: Perfect. So, great-grandparents — oldefar and oldemor. Repeat after me: oldefar. Luna: Oldefar. That sounds like 'older far'. Lucas: Exactly. And oldemor — oldemor. Luna: Oldemor. Oldefar, oldemor. Lucas: Good. Now, what about grandparents? That's bedstefar and bedstemor. Bedstefar. Luna: Bedstefar. That's like 'best far'. Lucas: You got it. And bedstemor — bedstemor. Luna: Bedstemor. So bedstefar, bedstemor. Lucas: And if you want to go one step further back, you have tipoldefar and tipoldemor for great great grandparents. Tipoldefar. Luna: Tipoldefar. That's a mouthful. Lucas: It is. Let's break it down: tip olde far. Try it. Luna: tip olde far. Tipoldefar. And tipoldemor? Lucas: Tipoldemor. Yes. Luna: Tipoldemor. Okay, I think I've got it. Lucas: Let's do a quick scene. Imagine you're at a family reunion. You point to an older man and say 'Det er min oldefar.' That means 'That's my great-grandfather.' Luna: Det er min oldefar. And for a woman? 'Det er min oldemor.' Lucas: Exactly. Now you try: say 'That's my grandfather.' Luna: Det er min bedstefar. Lucas: Perfect. And 'That's my grandmother.' Luna: Det er min bedstemor. Lucas: Great. So we have oldefar, oldemor, bedstefar, bedstemor, tipoldefar, tipoldemor. Let's review them all. Luna: Okay, I'll try: oldefar, oldemor, bedstefar, bedstemor, tipoldefar, tipoldemor. Lucas: You did it! One more time: oldefar. Luna: Oldefar. Lucas: Oldemor. Luna: Oldemor. Lucas: Bedstefar. Luna: Bedstefar. Lucas: Bedstemor. Luna: Bedstemor. Lucas: Tipoldefar. Luna: Tipoldefar. Lucas: Tipoldemor. Luna: Tipoldemor. Lucas: Wonderful. Now let's use them in a real sentence. 'Jeg elsker min oldefar.' I love my great-grandfather. Luna: Jeg elsker min oldefar. That's sweet. 'Jeg elsker min oldemor.' Lucas: Yes. And 'Jeg elsker min bedstefar.' I love my grandfather. Luna: Jeg elsker min bedstefar. And 'Jeg elsker min bedstemor.' Lucas: Perfect. So now you can talk about your family tree in Danish. Luna: I love this. It makes me want to call my bedstemor. Lucas: Do it! And if you ever need to go way back, you've got tipoldefar and tipoldemor. Luna: Right. Tipoldefar, tipoldemor. Lucas: Listen, if this episode has helped you connect with your family in Danish, that's wonderful. And if you feel like supporting the show, there's a link: buy me a coffee dot com slash fexingo. Luna: Yeah, it's a small way to keep these lessons coming. We really appreciate it. Lucas: So to wrap up: oldefar, oldemor, bedstefar, bedstemor, tipoldefar, tipoldemor. Practice them today. Tak for at lytte, and vi ses næste gang! Luna: Vi ses! Hej hej!