Language/Danish/Grammar/How-to-use-“there-to-be”-in-Danish

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In today's lesson you will learn how to use theVERB ¨TO BE¨ in Danish.

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VERB IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DANISH	PAST TENSE	PORTUGUESE
TO BE	AT VÆRE
THERE WAS A CAR		DER VAR EN BIL	HAVIA UM CARRO
THERE WERE SOME CARS		DER VAR NOGLE BILER	HAVIA ALGUNS CARROS
THERE WAS NO CAR		DER VAR INGEN BIL	NÃO HAVIA UM CARRO
THERE WERE NO CARS		DER VAR IKKE NOGLE BILER	NÃO HAVIA ALGUNS CARROS

VERB IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DANISH	PRESENT TENSE	PORTUGUESE
TO BE	VÆRE
THERE IS A CAR		DER ER EN BIL	HÁ UM CARRO
THERE ARE SOME CARS		DER ER NOGLE BILER	HÁ ALGUNS CARROS
THERE IS NO CAR		DER ER INGEN BIL	NÃO HÁ UM CARRO
THERE ARE NO CARS		DER ER IKKE NOGLE BILER	NÃO HÁ ALGUNS CARROS

VERB IN ENGLISH	VERB IN DANISH	FUTURE TENSE	PORTUGUESE
TO BE	VÆRE
THERE WILL BE  A CAR		DER VIL VÆRE EN BIL	HAVERÁ UM CARRO
THERE  WILL BE SOME CARS		DER VIL VÆRE NOGLE BILER	HAVERÁ ALGUNS CARROS
THERE WILL NOT BE A CAR		DER VIL IKKE VÆRE EN BIL	NÃO HAVERÁ UM CARRO
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CARS		DER VIL IKKE VÆRE NOGLE BILER	NÃO HAVERÁ ALGUNS CARROS

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