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Animal Talk Posted by on Jun 24, 2018

Hunden er menneskets bedste ven (the dog is man’s best friend), the saying goes. Some would disagree and pick katten (the cat), or maybe even skildpadden (the turtle), guldfisken (the gold fish) or kanariefuglen (the canary), if you’re that kind of person! Either way, dyr (animals) are fascinating – and you need words to discuss…

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What’s Dangerous in Denmark? Posted by on May 19, 2017

Australia’s got sharks, Canada is grizzly ground, Iceland has volcanoes. But what is farlig [farlee] (dangerous) in Danmark? Lots of people enjoy a bit of spænding i tilværelsen (excitement in ”the being” = in life). If we as mennesker (humans) didn’t appreciate a good kick, I guess we wouldn’t springe ud i faldskærm (”jump out”…

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Danish Is A Zoo! Posted by on Oct 19, 2016

Isn’t it fun that @ is called elephant’s trunk A (snabel-a) in Danish? 🙂 While I’m sure that other languages use animal expressions too, I love the way dyr (animals) keep popping up in dansk: If something costs en hund (a dog), you’ll have to betale (pay) et hundrede kroner (100 Kroner). Did you get…

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Ulv, ulv! Posted by on Oct 18, 2012

To many people, Denmark outside of Copenhagen is either a pretty blomsterhave (flower garden) or a boring motorvej (motorway, freeway) that unnecessarily prolongs the drive between Central Europe and the attractive wilderness of Norway and Sweden. Too bad that these people don’t know that there are some pretty wild things going on in Denmark too!…

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