"Jeg læser menuen."

Translation: I am reading the menu.

[LockeNess]

Why is this sentence translated as present continuous 'am reading' rather than 'I read...'?

[Ginko-the-grey]

There is no present progressive (continuous) in the Danish language. 'am reading' and 'I read' are both correct. How will you notice the difference? Well, that will depend on the context.

[marcospaulocs]

Oh.... Just like in German

[TamasKemner]

Also in Hungarian.

[FionaOnDuoL]

Thanks for this. I am more used to languages that insist on differences.

[Catherine_76]

I read the menu is also correct

[FavourNgod]

Well if you want to say the menu you say menuen

[Eveline535479]

So to say something with 'the' i just need to add a 'en' in the end of a word, right?

[DragonNights]

Generally yes, "en" for common gender nouns and "et" for neuter gender

[grace_b4]

Why is menuen and not menuet? If the menu is an object, so it hasn't got a specific gender, shouldn't it have the neutral -et?

[DragonNights]

Nouns have genders. There's common gender, also called n-words and there's neuter gender, also called t-words. Menu is an n-word and in the singular definite it is "menuen".