{"id":310,"date":"2012-01-20T12:32:11","date_gmt":"2012-01-20T12:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=310"},"modified":"2012-01-22T11:18:07","modified_gmt":"2012-01-22T11:18:07","slug":"danish-for-martians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/01\/20\/danish-for-martians\/","title":{"rendered":"Danish for Martians"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"WinkAlien\"<\/a>S<\/strong>uppose you came from another planet, and you crashed in Denmark\u00a0<\/span>with absolute no knowledge of the language\u2026 (Or English, for that matter!) What phrases would you need to get along on a very basic level? A friend recently asked me for such a list, so here you are. (Sorry, sci-fi dudes, I have to keep it pretty down-to-earth!)<\/p>\n

The VERY basics<\/h3>\n

\u2013 Ja<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Yes<\/em>
\n\u2013 Nej<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 No<\/em>
\u2013 M\u00e5ske<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Maybe<\/em>
\n\u2013 Hm<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Hm<\/em>
\n\u2013 Okay<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Okay<\/em>
\n\u2013 Tak<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 Thanks!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Det var s\u00e5 lidt<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 You\u2019re welcome!<\/em>
\n\u2013 V\u00e6r s\u00e5 god\/v\u00e6rsgo<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 Here you are!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Velbekomme<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u201d<\/em>Much good may it do you!<\/em>\u201d\/Hope it\u2019s tasty! <\/em>(Said by the cook in conjunction with a meal, or by anyone when watching someone eating.)
\n\u2013 En, to, tre, fire, fem, seks, syv, otte, ni, ti<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10<\/em>\u00a0(See also the numbers<\/a> article.)
\n\u2013 Seng<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Bed<\/em>
\n\u2013 Mad<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Food<\/em>
\n\u2013 Vand<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Water<\/em>
\n\u2013 \u00d8l<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 Beer<\/em><\/p>\n

Getting to know each other<\/h3>\n

\u2013 Hej<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Hi!\/Hello!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Hvordan g\u00e5r det<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 How are you?<\/em>
\n\u2013 Det g\u00e5r godt. Hvad med dig<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019m fine. How about you?<\/em>
\n\u2013 Hvad hedder du<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 What\u2019s your name? <\/em>(Literally: What are you called?<\/em>)
\n\u2013 Jeg hedder Lise\/Poul<\/strong>\u2026 \u00a0 \u00a0 My name\u2019s Lise\/Poul\u2026<\/em>
\n\u2013 Hvor kommer du fra<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 Where do you come from?<\/em>
\n\u2013 Jeg kommer fra Mars\/Kentucky\/Valby<\/strong>\u2026 \u00a0 \u00a0 I come from Mars\/Kentucky\/Valby<\/a>\u2026<\/em>
\n\u2013 Hvor gammel er du<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 How old are you?<\/em>
\n\u2013 Jeg er 36 \u00e5r gammel<\/strong>. \/ Det er en hemmelighed!<\/strong> \u00a0 \u00a0 I\u2019m 36 years old. \/ That\u2019s a secret!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Er du gift<\/strong>? \u00a0 \u00a0 Are you married?<\/em>
\n\u2013 Nej, jeg er single<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 No, I\u2019m alone\/a single!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Det var hyggeligt at m\u00f8de dig<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 It was nice meeting you!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Hej hej<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 Bye!<\/em>
\n\u2013 Farvel<\/strong>! \u00a0 \u00a0 Farewell!
\u2013 <\/em>Vi ses!<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 See you!<\/em><\/p>\n

Now try this!<\/h3>\n

Danish can be hard to pronounce\u2026 To get a grip on the words, why don\u2019t you paste a few of them into Acapela\u2019s Danish text-to-speech engine<\/a><\/strong>! Please notice that you have to select one of the Danish voices<\/span>\u00a0(Mette, female, or Rasmus, male) from the pull-down list.<\/p>\n

To be continued\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Suppose you came from another planet, and you crashed in Denmark\u00a0with absolute no knowledge of the language\u2026 (Or English, for that matter!) What phrases would you need to get along on a very basic level? A friend recently asked me for such a list, so here you are. (Sorry, sci-fi dudes, I have to keep…<\/p>\n

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