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Danish Numbers 1 – 20 Posted by Transparent Language on Oct 19, 2012
We’ve created this simple table of Danish numbers from one to twenty for our readers who are new to learning Danish. You can also hear native speaker pronunciation in the companion video below. Try listening to the video a few times, and also practice speaking the words aloud yourself; it can be the hardest part…
Ulv, ulv! Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen 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!…
Getting Around in Copenhagen Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Oct 17, 2012
Denmark’s capital København [KUR-bn-how-n] is enjoying a renaissance as a European hotspot for travellers who’ve ”got it”. The city has become a kind of ”mini-Berlin” – a colourful place full of street art, alternative modebutikker (fashion shops), cafés and museums. Unfortunately, Copenhagen is (still) a lot more dyr (expensive) than Berlin… Det er nemt at…
Virtual Vejle Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Oct 7, 2012
Normally I wouldn’t promote any other language courses than the brilliant one I suppose you’re currently using: Transparent Language! (Have you tried the new TL Online, by the way?) 🙂 I’ll make an exception, though, for the recent Danish winner of Den Europæiske Sprogpris 2012 (the European Language Award 2012). This award is given every…
Learning Danish With Sarah Lund Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Sep 28, 2012
A number of people in countries like England and Germany seem to have got an interest in Denmark and the Danish language because of the tv serial Forbrydelsen, or The Killing, as it’s called in the UK… As someone who loves Danish, all I can say is: fedt! (slang for ’nice’ or ’great’, it actually…
The Killing – Forbrydelsen Is Back Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Sep 24, 2012
Et lig [lee-y or lee’] (a dead person, a corpse) is found at the harbour in a misty, almost ghostly city that bears a more than faint resemblance to Copenhagen… In the next instant, politikvinden (the female police officer) Sarah Lund is on the spot with her young, male assistant. Sarah’s determined to decipher yet…
Diphthongs on the Go Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Sep 17, 2012
There are two main groups of Danish diphthongs: Diphthongs ending in an i (ee) sound. Diphthongs ending in an u (oo) sound. Some diphthongs can be written in different ways. Spellings aside, the main diphthongs are as follow: I (ee) diphthongs AJ. Rhymes with English I. It is spelt aj in haj (shark), maj (May). It…