jeg

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pronoun
  1. personalI
nounneuter
  1. selfan individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness
  2. psychologyI, ego
  3. literaturefirst-person narrator

Forms

noun

indefinite nominative singularjeg
definite nominative singularjeget
indefinite nominative pluraljeger
definite nominative pluraljegerne
genitive indefinite singularjegs
definite genitive singularjegets
genitive indefinite pluraljegers
definite genitive pluraljegernes

Other ways to say it

Apologising and excusing yourself

  • det er jeg ked afI'm sorry about thatRegret or sympathy, not a way of getting past someone: det er jeg ked af at høre, I'm sorry to hear that.

Saying you have not understood

  • jeg forstår det ikkeI don't understandPlain and clear.
  • det forstod jeg ikkeI didn't catch thatAbout what was just said; det comes first, so the verb comes before jeg.
  • jeg taler kun lidt danskI only speak a little DanishOpens most doors; people slow down, or switch to English.

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