{"id":1483,"date":"2016-11-27T00:55:39","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T00:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1483"},"modified":"2016-11-28T01:23:04","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T01:23:04","slug":"100-basic-words-in-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2016\/11\/27\/100-basic-words-in-danish\/","title":{"rendered":"100 Basic Words in Danish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes linguists come up with stuff that\u2019s really useful for language learners. Even if science is not your thing, I hope you\u2019ll like the Swadesh<\/a> list as much as I do. \ud83d\ude42 It\u2019s a list of 100 \u201dcore ideas\u201d that speakers of most languages can express \u2013 just simple things like \u201dsun\u201d or \u201dfoot\u201d. (This isn\u2019t the same as the most frequently used words<\/a>, which have been covered in another post.) Scientists use the list to compare languages \u2013 why don\u2019t you use it to test your Danish skills! \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. jeg<\/b> (I)<\/li>\n
  2. du <\/b>(you)<\/li>\n
  3. vi<\/b> (we)<\/li>\n
  4. denne\/dette<\/b> (this)<\/li>\n
  5. den\/det<\/b> (that)<\/li>\n
  6. hvem?<\/b> (who?)<\/li>\n
  7. hvad?<\/b> (what?)<\/li>\n
  8. ikke<\/b> (not)<\/li>\n
  9. alle<\/b> (all)<\/li>\n
  10. mange<\/b> (many)<\/li>\n
  11. en <\/b>(one)<\/li>\n
  12. to <\/b>(two)<\/li>\n
  13. stor<\/b> (big)<\/li>\n
  14. lang<\/b> (long)<\/li>\n
  15. lille <\/b>(small)<\/li>\n
  16. kvinde<\/b> (woman)<\/li>\n
  17. mand <\/b>(man)<\/li>\n
  18. person <\/b>(person)<\/li>\n
  19. fisk<\/b> (fish)<\/li>\n
  20. fugl<\/b> (bird)<\/li>\n
  21. hund<\/b> (dog)<\/li>\n
  22. lus<\/b>(louse)<\/li>\n
  23. tr\u00e6<\/b> (tree)<\/li>\n
  24. fr\u00f8 <\/b>(seed)<\/li>\n
  25. blad<\/b> (leaf)<\/li>\n
  26. rod<\/b> (root)<\/li>\n
  27. bark<\/b> (bark)<\/li>\n
  28. hud<\/b> (skin)<\/li>\n
  29. k\u00f8d<\/b> (flesh)<\/li>\n
  30. blod<\/b> (blood)<\/li>\n
  31. ben <\/b>(bone)<\/li>\n
  32. fedt<\/b> (grease)<\/li>\n
  33. \u00e6g<\/b> (egg)<\/li>\n
  34. horn<\/b> (horn)<\/li>\n
  35. hale <\/b>(tail)<\/li>\n
  36. fjer <\/b>(feather)<\/li>\n
  37. h\u00e5r<\/b> (hair)<\/li>\n
  38. hoved <\/b>(head)<\/li>\n
  39. \u00f8re<\/b> (ear)<\/li>\n
  40. \u00f8je<\/b> (eye)<\/li>\n
  41. n\u00e6se<\/b> (nose)<\/li>\n
  42. mund <\/b>(mouth)<\/li>\n
  43. tand<\/b> (tooth)<\/li>\n
  44. tunge<\/b> (tongue)<\/li>\n
  45. klo<\/b> (claw)<\/li>\n
  46. fod<\/b> (foot)<\/li>\n
  47. kn\u00e6<\/b> (knee)<\/li>\n
  48. h\u00e5nd <\/b>(hand)<\/li>\n
  49. mave<\/b> (belly)<\/li>\n
  50. hals<\/b> (neck)<\/li>\n
  51. bryster<\/b> (breasts)<\/li>\n
  52. hjerte<\/b> (heart)<\/li>\n
  53. lever<\/b> (liver)<\/li>\n
  54. at drikke <\/b>(to drink)<\/li>\n
  55. at spise <\/b>(to eat)<\/li>\n
  56. at bide <\/b>(to bite)<\/li>\n
  57. at se<\/b> (to see)<\/li>\n
  58. at h\u00f8re <\/b>(to hear)<\/li>\n
  59. at vide <\/b>(to know)<\/li>\n
  60. at sove <\/b>(to sleep)<\/li>\n
  61. at d\u00f8<\/b> (to die)<\/li>\n
  62. at dr\u00e6be <\/b>(to kill)<\/li>\n
  63. at sv\u00f8mme <\/b>(to swim)<\/li>\n
  64. at flyve <\/b>(to fly)<\/li>\n
  65. at g\u00e5 <\/b>(to walk)<\/li>\n
  66. at komme <\/b>(to come)<\/li>\n
  67. at ligge <\/b>(to lie [like in bed])<\/li>\n
  68. at sidde <\/b>(to sit)<\/li>\n
  69. at st\u00e5 <\/b>(to stand)<\/li>\n
  70. at give <\/b>(to give)<\/li>\n
  71. at sige <\/b>(to say)<\/li>\n
  72. sol<\/b> (sun)<\/li>\n
  73. m\u00e5ne <\/b>(moon)<\/li>\n
  74. stjerne<\/b> (star)<\/li>\n
  75. vand<\/b> (water)<\/li>\n
  76. regn <\/b>(rain)<\/li>\n
  77. sten <\/b>(stone)<\/li>\n
  78. sand<\/b> (sand)<\/li>\n
  79. jord <\/b>(earth)<\/li>\n
  80. sky <\/b>(cloud)<\/li>\n
  81. r\u00f8g<\/b> (smoke)<\/li>\n
  82. ild <\/b>(fire)<\/li>\n
  83. aske <\/b>(ashes)<\/li>\n
  84. at br\u00e6nde<\/b> (to burn)<\/li>\n
  85. sti<\/b> (path)<\/li>\n
  86. bjerg<\/b> (mountain)<\/li>\n
  87. r\u00f8d<\/b> (red)<\/li>\n
  88. gr\u00f8n<\/b> (green)<\/li>\n
  89. gul <\/b>(yellow)<\/li>\n
  90. hvid <\/b>(white)<\/li>\n
  91. sort <\/b>(black)<\/li>\n
  92. nat <\/b>(night)<\/li>\n
  93. varm<\/b> (hot)<\/li>\n
  94. kold <\/b>(cold)<\/li>\n
  95. fuld <\/b>(full)<\/li>\n
  96. ny<\/b> (new)<\/li>\n
  97. god <\/b>(good)<\/li>\n
  98. rund<\/b> (round)<\/li>\n
  99. t\u00f8r <\/b>(dry)<\/li>\n
  100. navn<\/b> (name)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

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