{"id":679,"date":"2012-09-17T16:23:59","date_gmt":"2012-09-17T16:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=679"},"modified":"2012-09-17T19:12:42","modified_gmt":"2012-09-17T19:12:42","slug":"diphthongs-on-the-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/09\/17\/diphthongs-on-the-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Diphthongs on the Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2012\/09\/nej.png\" aria-label=\"Nej\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-687\"  alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"201\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2012\/09\/nej.png\"><\/a>There are two main groups of <a title=\"Danish Diphthongs\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/09\/14\/danish-diphthongs\/\">Danish diphthongs<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Diphthongs ending in an <em>i<\/em> (ee) sound.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Diphthongs ending in an <em>u<\/em> (oo) sound.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Some diphthongs can be written in different ways. Spellings aside, the main diphthongs are as follow:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>I (ee) diphthongs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AJ<\/strong>. Rhymes with English <em>I<\/em>. It is spelt <em><strong>aj<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>haj<\/strong> (shark), <strong>maj<\/strong> (May). It is spelt <em><strong>ej<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>vej<\/strong> (road), <strong>dejlig<\/strong> (nice, enjoyable), <strong>nej<\/strong> (no) and many other words. It is spelt <em><strong>eg<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>leg<\/strong> (play), <strong>meget<\/strong> [mie-d\/mie-th] (much). In two small words it has the odd spelling <em><strong>ig<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>dig<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>mig<\/strong> (you, me). In just one word it has the totally weird spelling <em><strong>ek<\/strong><\/em>: <strong>seksten<\/strong> [SYE-stn] (16).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00d8J<\/strong>. Rhymes with English <em>boy<\/em>. It is spelt <strong><em>\u00f8j<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0in <strong>h\u00f8j<\/strong> (high, tall), <strong>\u00f8je<\/strong> (eye), <strong>papeg\u00f8je<\/strong> (parrot). It is spelt <em><strong>\u00f8g<\/strong><\/em> in <strong>l\u00f8g<\/strong> (onion), <strong>r\u00f8g<\/strong> (smoke).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>AI<\/strong><\/em>. This is not an original Danish diphthong. It has been borrowed from English, and appears in such words as <strong>mail<\/strong> (e-mail), <strong>baby<\/strong> (baby).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>U (oo) diphthongs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AV<\/strong>. Rhymes with English <em>now<\/em>. It is spelt <em><strong>av<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>hav<\/strong> (sea), <strong>tavle<\/strong> (blackboard). It is spelt <em><strong>au<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>pause<\/strong> (break). It is spelt <em><strong>af<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <a title=\"Danish Compounds\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/08\/02\/danish-compounds\/\">compounds<\/a> whose first element is <strong>af<\/strong> [ah] (of): <strong>aftale<\/strong> [A\u1d52\u1d52taleh] (agreement). The letter group\u00a0<em><strong>ag <\/strong><\/em>also has this pronunciation\u00a0whenever it is followed by a compound element\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>that is not the ending -e or -er<\/em><\/span>:\u00a0<strong>daglig<\/strong> [DA\u1d52\u1d52lee] (daily \u2013 compare with <strong>dag<\/strong> [da-y or da\u2019], day), <strong>flagstang<\/strong> [FLA\u1d52\u1d52stang] (flagstaff \u2013 compare with <strong>flag<\/strong> [fla-y], flag).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>IV<\/strong>. Say \u201deew\u201d. It appears in words like <strong>liv<\/strong> (life), <strong>kniv<\/strong> (knife).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>OV<\/strong>. A British \u201dor\u201d sound (as in <em>more<\/em>) quickly followed by an \u201doo\u201d sound (more or less [or\u02b7]). It is written <em><strong>ov<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>hov!<\/strong> (<em>oops!<\/em>), <strong>klovn<\/strong> (clown), <strong>sjov<\/strong> (fun). It is written <em><strong>og<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>kogle<\/strong> (cone), <strong>og<\/strong> (and), <strong>dog<\/strong> (however).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>YV<\/strong>. Say \u201deew\u201d with rounded lips. As in <strong>syv<\/strong>\u00a0(7), <strong>tyv <\/strong>(thief).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00c6V<\/strong>. Say \u201deoo\u201d. It is written <em><strong>\u00e6v<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in a few wors like <strong>sk\u00e6v<\/strong> (slanting), <strong>r\u00e6v<\/strong> (fox). It is written <em><strong>ev<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in a few words like <strong>evne<\/strong> (ability), <strong>brev<\/strong> (letter). It is sometimes written <em><strong>eu<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in <strong>Europa<\/strong> (Europe), though most often this name is pronounced with an<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00d8V<\/strong>. Rhymes with British English <em>though<\/em>. It appears in words like <strong>st\u00f8vle<\/strong> (boot), <strong>\u00f8v!<\/strong> (boo!) In words borrowed from English, it keeps the foreign spelling: <strong>show<\/strong> (show).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note<\/em> that this is a very basic explanation of the Danish diphthongs. As I said in the <a title=\"Danish Diphthongs\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/09\/14\/danish-diphthongs\/\">intro<\/a>, many diphthongs in the pro grammars are really just a standard vowel + an independent <em>y<\/em> sound (like the <em>y<\/em> following the <em>ee<\/em> vowel in <em>See you!<\/em>) This goes for words like <strong>sager<\/strong> (things), <strong>eg<\/strong> (oak), <strong>sygehus<\/strong> (hospital), <strong>at bes\u00f8ge<\/strong> (to visit), <strong>l\u00e6ge<\/strong> (doctor), which are really just \u2013 with Danish letters \u2013 \u201d<strong>e-j<\/strong>\u201d, \u201d<strong>sy-jehus<\/strong>\u201d, \u201d<strong>at bes\u00f8-je<\/strong>\u201d, \u201d<strong>l\u00e6-je<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The above is also true in most occassions when the letter G follows a \u201d<a title=\"3 Strange Friends: D, R and G\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2012\/06\/16\/3-strange-friends\/\">dark vowel<\/a>\u201d, and gets a <em>w<\/em> quality: <strong>bog<\/strong> (book) sounds like \u201d<strong>b\u00e5-u<\/strong>\u201d, <strong>sprog<\/strong> (language) sounds like \u201d<strong>spr\u00e5-u<\/strong>\u201d, <strong>drage<\/strong> (dragon) sounds like \u201d<strong>dra-u-e<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Also note what happens when you add an E to a word like <strong>kniv<\/strong> [k-neew] (\u201dknife\u201d): <strong>knive<\/strong> [k-NEE-veh] (\u201dknives\u201d). Yes, that\u2019s right, the word gets the interpretation \u201d<strong>kni\u2011ve<\/strong>\u201d. <em>The diphthong\u2019s lost<\/em>. That\u2019s also why there\u2019s no diphthong in two-syllable words like <strong>have<\/strong> (garden, read \u201d<strong>ha-ve<\/strong>\u201d), <strong>at leve<\/strong> (to live, read \u201d<strong>le-ve<\/strong>\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>Finally I should also mention that in the word <strong>peber\u00a0<\/strong>(pepper) \u2013 and in this word <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><em>only<\/em><\/span> \u2013 the letter B sounds like English <em>w<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, now take a deep breath and be <strong>tilfreds<\/strong> (content). This is all you\u2019ll ever need to know about Danish diphthongs! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"196\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2012\/09\/nej.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>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\u00a0in haj (shark), maj (May). 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