{"id":1724,"date":"2018-07-21T14:34:50","date_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=1724"},"modified":"2018-07-21T14:34:50","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T14:34:50","slug":"feeling-bored-in-danish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2018\/07\/21\/feeling-bored-in-danish\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Bored in Danish"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Agurketiden<\/strong> (\u201dthe cucumber time\u201d) is the time during summer when newspapers have nothing to write about (except cucumbers?) [Free image from Pixabay; no copyright.]<\/p><\/div>\n

Ej hvor kedeligt!<\/b> (How boring!) Late summer is a time when some people start feeling bored \u2013 kids are tired of their parents dragging them through verden<\/b> (the world) on a jet-set sommerferie<\/b> (summer holiday) and just want to go hjem<\/b> [yem] (home), while the adults probably have started longing for their quiet kontor<\/b> [konTOHR] (office)! \ud83d\ude42 Let\u2019s keep the worst apati<\/b> [apaTEE] at bay by taking a look at kedsomhed<\/b> (boredom) in Danish!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Kedelig<\/b> is the common word for \u2019boring\u2019, and if you\u2019re into Danish sounds, the word isn\u2019t that<\/i> dull\u2026 It contains the famous bl\u00f8dt d<\/b> (soft d<\/a>), that certain learners of Danish walk around the whole day trying to pronounce, making more and more \u201dpukey\u201d sounds at the back of their tunge<\/b> (tongue)! \ud83d\ude42 To untrained ears the rare consonant may sound like an L, but you\u2019ll get far more success if you can pretend it\u2019s exactly the same \u2019th\u2019 sound as in mother<\/i>. So, [KETH<\/i>e-lee] should do the trick! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Kedelig<\/b> obviously gets the same e-<\/strong> or t-<\/strong> ending<\/a> as any Danish adjective: Jeg er s\u00e5 tr\u00e6t af nyhederne, de er virkeligt kedelige!<\/b> (I\u2019m so tired of the news, they\u2019re really boring!)<\/p>\n

Gab!<\/b> (Yawn!) To tell your Danish friends you\u2019re bored, \u2019I bore myself\u2019 is the expression to use (do take care that you don\u2019t end up being a bore to the others instead!): Jeg keder mig<\/b>. And if you\u2019re worried about your friend sitting too long i solen<\/b> (in the sun) saying nothing, perhaps you can ask Keder du dig?<\/b> (\u2019Do you bore yourself\u2019 = Are you bored?)<\/p>\n

Yes, at kede sig<\/b> (\u2019to bore oneself\u2019 = to be bored) is a reflexive verb in Danish. That means, you\u2019d also say hun keder sig<\/b> (she\u2026), vi keder os<\/b> (we\u2026), keder I jer?<\/b> (are you guys feeling bored?) Sure, you can also use the verb at kede<\/b> about being boring to someone else, but that\u2019s not so normal. \ud83d\ude42 G\u00e5 din vej, du keder mig!<\/b> (Go away, you bore me!) is something an eventyr<\/b> (fairytale) princess would say to a boring frier<\/b> (suitor). \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Jeg h\u00e5ber det her ikke var for kedeligt! Nyd sommeren og husk at have det sjovt!<\/b> (I hope this wasn\u2019t too boring! Enjoy the summer and remember to have fun!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Ej hvor kedeligt! (How boring!) Late summer is a time when some people start feeling bored \u2013 kids are tired of their parents dragging them through verden (the world) on a jet-set sommerferie (summer holiday) and just want to go hjem [yem] (home), while the adults probably have started longing for their quiet kontor [konTOHR]…<\/p>\n

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