Spontaneous reactions and responses for real conversations.
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Kan du hjælpe mig? Selvfølgelig!
Can you help me? Of course! ('Selvfølgelig' — literally 'self-following' (i.e. follows naturally).)
Intet problem
No problem
Virkelig? Det kan jeg ikke tro!
Really? I can't believe it! (Note the V2 word order: 'det' first pushes 'kan jeg' to subject-verb inversion.)
Det ville være super
That would be great
Det lyder fedt
That sounds awesome ('Fedt' literally means 'fat/greasy' — Danish slang for 'awesome/cool'.)
Det er interessant! Meget interessant
That's interesting! Very interesting
Sejt!
Cool! ('Sej' literally means 'tough' — used as 'cool/awesome'.)
Bedre end ingenting
Better than nothing
Bedre end alt andet
Better than everything (Literally 'better than all else'.)
Vent et øjeblik
Wait one second ('Øjeblik' — literally 'eye-glance' (øje + blik), like German 'Augenblick'.)
Det er bare for sjov
Just a joke / I'm just joking (Literally 'it is just for fun'.)
Måske / det kan godt være
Maybe / it might work out ('Det kan godt være' — literally 'it can well be'.)
Det er okay, det sker
It's okay, it happens ('Sker' from 'ske' (to happen) — think English 'occur'.)
Okay, jeg forstår
Okay, I understand
Ikke dårligt!
Not bad!
Wow. Imponerende!
Wow. Impressive!
Ulækkert!
Disgusting! ('U-' is the negation prefix; 'lækker' = delicious/lovely. So literally 'un-delicious'.)
Åh gud!
Oh my God!
Hold kæft! / Vær stille!
Shut up! / Be quiet! ('Hold kæft' — literally 'hold jaw' — quite rude; 'vær stille' is milder.)
Laver du sjov med mig?
Are you kidding me? (Literally 'are you making fun with me'.)
Mener du det?
Are you serious? (Literally 'do you mean it'.)
Hvorfor så alvorlig?
Why so serious?
Lad mig tænke
Let me think
Det kan jeg ikke tro
I can't believe it
For guds skyld!
For God's sake! ('Skyld' = sake/blame.)
Hvor ærgerligt
Such a pity / what a shame (Literally 'how annoying/regrettable'.)
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