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Colour your tongue! Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on May 28, 2016
Can you imagine a day without farver (colours)? It’s no wonder that many language courses are quick to introduce a few colours. Here are the basic ones in Danish – can you guess the meaning of the words? 1 rød 2 blå 3 gul 4 grøn 5 brun 6 orange [oRANGSHeh] 7 lilla 8 sort…
Fiction Heroes in Danish Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jan 21, 2016
Har du set den ny Star Wars-film? (Have you seen the new SW movie?) Ever since nytår (New Year) I’ve been wanting to do a post for all the Star Wars fans out there! But I hate to say it – besides lyssværd (light sabre, literally ”light sword”!) and Må kraften være med dig! (May…
Danish Words of Healing Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Nov 25, 2015
Det er en svær tid for mange (it’s a hard time for many [people]). Uskyldige mennesker (innocent people) have been killed in Bamako, Paris, Beirut and other places. That’s when we need our languages to comfort each other and show that we care about each other. Words can hurt, but more importantly – ord (words)…
Danish Hygge Words Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Oct 23, 2015
After last week’s hygge post, I thought it would be hyggelig if we could hygge os some more! 🙂 After all, that’s how many Danes spend the cold season, until the sun is smiling and it’s time for sommerhygge… Look how many hygge words there are: hygge – the Danish way of cozying up and…
Danish summer phrases Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jul 31, 2015
Undervejs (On the way) Hej, kan du sige os hvor banegården ligger? (Hi, could you tell us where the central station is?) Vi leder efter et billigt hotel. (We’re looking for a cheap hotel.) Hvor ligger den nærmeste tankstation? (Where is the closest petrol station?) Hvor kan man leje cykler? (Where can you rent a…
Summer Cleaning Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on Jun 30, 2015
Så skal der gøres rent! (Then it’s time to clean up!) If you’re anything like me, you’d rather do overspringshandlinger (”procrastination actions”)… The støv (dust) and the snavs [snaoos] (dirt), unfortunately, don’t automatically disappear… Here are some words and phrases to help you keep everything clean in Danish: Vasketøj (laundry) Har I en vaskemaskine/et…
Remember the words you forget Posted by Bjørn A. Bojesen on May 13, 2015
Together with my students at a language course, I recently found a great way of activating det passive ordforråd (the passive vocabulary). I wrote a simple word on tavlen (the blackboard), asking my students to find its modsætning (opposite). Then we picked another word, found its ”opposite”, and the game went on and on and…