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We LOVE Danish bread 🧡🤭

Do you know these expressions?

🥖 Jeg er brødflov (‘I am bread-hungry’)
= I am a bit hungry

🥖 Spis lige brød til (‘Eat some bread with it’)
= Hold your horses / take it easy

🥖 Han er et ordentligt brød (‘He is a quite a loaf (of bread))
= He is big, or heavy-set, often said with humor

🥖 Vi skal have fingrene helt ned i bolledejen (‘We need to get our fingers right into the bun dough’)
= We need to get hands-on / really involved

🥖 Nu skal vi ikke slå et for stort brød op (‘Let’s not bake too big a loaf’)
= Don’t bite off more than you can chew.

🥖 Det er mit levebrød
= That’s my livelihood

🥖 Det går som varmt brød (‘It sells like hot bread’)
= It sells like hotcakes

Do you know any other fun Danish bread expressions? 😁

Do you know these Danish expressions with colours? 🤭🌈 :

🔴 Vi maler byen rød (‘we are painting the town red’)
= we are having a great time / we are partying.

🔵 Det kom helt ud af den blå luft (‘it came completely out of the blue air)
= it came out of nowhere.

⚫️ Han gik helt i sort (‘he went completely into black’)
= he shut down.

🟢 Han red på den grønne bølge hele vejen til arbejde (‘he rode the green wave on his way to work’)
= there were only green traffic lights on this way to work.

🔴 Hun var helt oppe i det røde felt (‘she was all the way up in the red zone’)
= she was furious.

Do you know any other colourful expressions in Danish? 🤓

Next week, it’s time for the big exams here at Studieskolen: Studieprøven, PD3, PD2 and PD1.

To all our dear students:
We wish you the very best of luck ❤️

And speaking of… Let’s revisit this one 🤭

💚 held og lykke = good luck
💚 pøj pøj = good luck in a cute and friendly manner
💚 god vind = used for wishing someone good luck on new journeys, chapters or beginnings
💚 jeg krydser fingre for dig = fingers crossed
💚 knæk og bræk = break a leg

SPROGSNACK 🍿 ‘Om’ or ‘hvis’?

🤍 ‘Om’ = indirect questions (doubt or uncertainty)

For example:
Jeg ved ikke, om jeg kan komme på fredag.
(I don’t know if I can come on Friday.)

Jeg vil spørge min søster, om jeg må låne bilen.
(I will ask my sister if I can borrow the car.)

🤍 ‘Hvis’ = a condition (something depends on something else)

For example:
Jeg cykler aldrig, hvis det regner.
(I never bike if it rains.)

Jeg køber en stor villa, hvis jeg vinder i lotto.
(I will buy a big villa if I win the lottery.)

Studieskolens sprogsnacks 🍿

The little Danish word ‘så’ 🤭