{"id":941,"date":"2013-05-29T21:30:05","date_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=941"},"modified":"2013-05-29T21:30:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-29T21:30:05","slug":"hello-goodbye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/05\/29\/hello-goodbye\/","title":{"rendered":"Hello Goodbye!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Having your first conversation in a foreign language is always a feat. If you know how to say \u201dhello\u201d and \u201dgoodbye\u201d, you have the tools to break the ice \u2013 and to sneak away, if the whole thing gets too embarrassing!<\/p>\n

Hej!<\/strong> is the normal way to say \u201dhi!\u201d It sounds pretty much like English hi<\/em>; just try to make it a tad lighter (not so far back in that throat of yours!) Add a dose of jovial and slightly wary down-to-earthness, and you\u2019ll sound very Danish.<\/p>\n

If someone calls you and you can\u2019t hear the person, your word-of-choice should be hallo? <\/strong>[ha-LAW] If you\u2019re in the street and want to get someone\u2019s attention, just say hey!<\/strong> (as in English).<\/p>\n

Of course there are also the good something!<\/em> kind of greetings. Like when you meet somenone in the morning, you say god morgen<\/strong> [gohMORN], in the middle of the day the words to use are god dag<\/strong> [gohDA], and in the evening you go for god aften<\/strong> [gohAFtn]. Please note that \u201dgood day\u201d doesn\u2019t sound strange in Danish \u2013 it\u2019s a totally natural thing to say.<\/p>\n

In many places in Jutland you\u2019ll hear god dag<\/strong> shortened to daw <\/strong>[daoo]! This is a convenient way to greet that reserved driver of the countryside bus, for example. I guess it sounds more \u201dmacho\u201d than hej!<\/strong> \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re in Denmark and take a stroll after dark, however, it\u2019s a bad idea to greet strangers with god nat<\/strong> [gohNAT] (good night), no matter how beautiful the stars are! They\u2019ll think you\u2019re leaving for bed, or expecting them<\/em> to do it!<\/p>\n

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This brings us over to taking leave. The traditional way to say bye<\/em> in Danish is<\/p>\n

farvel! <\/strong>[foreVELL]<\/p>\n

This is still used in a lot of situations. It\u2019s a nice, polite thing to say, so learn it and use it!<\/p>\n

But you<\/em> shold be aware that many Danes are not<\/em> aware that it comes from far vel<\/strong> \u2013 just like English farewell!<\/em> (= travel well! = have a nice journey throughout your day!<\/em>) So, to jazz up their language a bit, many Danes take leave by saying things like hej!<\/strong> or hej hej!<\/strong> (When it\u2019s double, it can only mean bye<\/em>.)<\/p>\n

In many shops the assistant will \u201dbye-bye\u201d you with the expression ha\u2019 en god dag!<\/strong> (have a good day!) or ha\u2019 en fortsat god dag!<\/strong> (have a day that continues being good!) or ha\u2019 en god weekend! <\/strong>if it\u2019s Friday\/Saturday\/Sunday. The correct thing to answer is: tak i lige m\u00e5de!<\/strong> (thanks and you too!) This way of saying bye is currently spreading from the shops, and you\u2019ll probably meet \u201dordinary\u201d Danes who say it as well.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019ll end this post by saying vi ses! <\/strong>(see you later!) and wishing you p\u00f8j p\u00f8j <\/strong>[poy poy] (good luck) with your language studies.<\/p>\n

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Having your first conversation in a foreign language is always a feat. If you know how to say \u201dhello\u201d and \u201dgoodbye\u201d, you have the tools to break the ice \u2013 and to sneak away, if the whole thing gets too embarrassing! Hej! is the normal way to say \u201dhi!\u201d It sounds pretty much like English…<\/p>\n

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