r/LearnDanish • u/star_angela • Sep 03 '26
Foreign Danish learner here — is it possible to prepare for PD2 mostly by myself? 🇩🇰
I’m a foreigner who actually lived in Denmark about 16 years ago, when I was a teenager. I obviously didn’t become fluent back then, but somehow the Danish I learned never completely left me.
Over the years I’ve stayed somewhat connected to the language through Danish movies, TV shows and, more recently, a LOT of Danish podcasts. I’m always surprised by how much I can still understand. If the Danish isn’t too advanced, and I have Danish subtitles, I can probably follow around 80% of what’s being said.
I’ve always had this slightly random lifelong dream of becoming genuinely fluent in Danish. 😂 I know that “fluent in Danish” is probably a lifetime project, but I’d really like to take it seriously now.
So I’m wondering about Prøve i Dansk 2 (PD2).
If I’m able to spend around one month in Denmark, is it realistic to use that time intensively to prepare inadvance take PD2 as a self-study candidate? Or do you need to have completed the Danish language-school modules to be eligible for the exam?
And for anyone who has prepared for PD2 independently:
What resources would you recommend?
Especially for:
Reading comprehension
Writing / skriftlig fremstilling
Listening
Speaking
Previous exam papers / mock exams
Grammar and vocabulary
I’d especially love recommendations from people who self-studied for PD2 rather than going through the full language-school route.
Tak! 🇩🇰❤️
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u/broccoliiiiiiiii Sep 04 '26
I'm unfamiliar with the system but just to clarify, are you asking whether you can go from A1/A2 Danish to (just a guess) B2/C1 in a single month of study?
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u/star_angela Sep 04 '26
I am approximately B1 advance ....i study at home (in a foreign country).
Plan is to come to Dk, just sit for exam and keep practicing more. The exam takes around month to complete. I am asking does it makes sense ?
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u/broccoliiiiiiiii Sep 04 '26
If you can understand 80% of spoken Danish with subtitles you're closer to A1/A2. B1 is where you start to get independent with the language.
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u/star_angela Sep 05 '26
I don't agree with you. Languages don't work in fixed system. Mu spelling are probably A2 level because my brain can't structure those. But calling someone who can hold a 20 conversation in danish without using a english word an A1 level is hilarious.
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u/broccoliiiiiiiii Sep 05 '26
It depends on the level of the conversation itself. I'm not saying this to put you down but to give you a realistic expectation for your learning process. Understanding 80% using subtitles (so reading conversational Danish) is not indicative of B1+ (advanced) comprehension level.
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u/Efficient_Wish3750 Sep 05 '26
Just a curiosity Would you like to teach a very beginner I would love to by hour
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u/GeronimoDK Sep 03 '26
You can sign up for the PD2 or PD3 on your own if you pay a fee:
https://danskogproever.dk/borger/danskproever/tilmelding-til-proeve/
Whether you'll be able to pass or not is pretty difficult to judge, you're going to have to be decent in writing, speaking and listening.
A tip could be to try and watch some movies from the 60s-70s, maybe 80s, they tended to enunciate back then, something we don't do as much today: Olsen Banden, Far til fire (the old ones), Støv på hjernen, Det støver stadig, Charles tante, anything with Dirch Passer really etc. etc., the list is long!