This is very interesting. My grandparents immigrated to Canada in the '40's. I grew up with them speaking Danish. They were from the country on Jutland. They said they spoke farmer Danish. I think they really did, because listening to your classes makes me realize how different I pronounce words! I think I might be considered quaint if I spoke in Copenhagen the way I learned. I don't get much practice anymore, but I try to keep my language and comprehension up! Thank you for sharing your classes!
I am Icelandic. Back in the day when I was young ( a long, long time ago) Danish was taught as a second language in Iceland (English came later as a third language). I am used to pronoucing "-er" endings quite simply as "a". The ending always sounds like that to me as well when I stumple upon something spoken in Danish.
My parents are from the North of England - Sunderland and I'm finding that a lot of the Danish pronunciation is echoed in the way my grandparents used to pronounce words e.g gan yam for go home (hjem). Also children are bairns (barn). Fascinating.
I'm heading to Denmark for a trip now and I only have 30 mins to learn Danish before going there. This is super efficient and now suddenly Danish sounds easy! Tak!!
this video lasted 9 minutes, so you had 21 minutes left to learn the language. Considering that you need roughly 5000 words to speak a language at B2 level, you had to learn about 250 words per minute, or 4.1 words per second for 20 minutes, with one minute left to learn all grammar rules. Easy!
@Aries 4 I hae only been to touristic places but literally everyone speaks English, and i couldn't have proper conversation in Danish, apparently. Although this video helped me how to pronounce words in 30 minutes so it was efficient study indeed.
30 mins? You know the word "tak". That will take you far. We Danes like whatever little people have bothered to learn. As you said yourself, a lot of Danes speak English. And much more understand English and are shy to speak.
Ive been digging alot for such video... iam always lost when it comes to the reading and pronouncing the danish language, now i feel a bit at ease, thank you for the effort.
I have been trying some danish on duolingo for some weeks now during quarantaine and this helps so much with understanding pronouncing it. Like every 30 seconds I had a “oh so that’s how that works” moment
My first encounter with how complicated it can be, with English as a first Language, was hearing my Danish friend trying to get his dog to bark. "Hvad siger hunden?" Sounded nothing like how it's spelt. Love this explanation.
Thank you so much for this video. I find this really helpful, especially when it is extremely hard to find good information about the pronunciation of many languages, in other words good quality videos like this without any extra hassle. So clear, good tempo and easy to follow. I would like to hear more about the pronunciation of vowels:) It is sometimes hard to hear the differences between the Danish vowels. Thank you! I really feel like I finally learned something valuable
This really helped me start understanding the underlying fundamentals of danish so well along with a photonic correspondence and orthographic correspondence chart. I have already started figuring out how to assume pronunciation and spelling then check using a translator. I already know this is not going to work for everything, but it definitely is a great stepping stone in the right direction for someone studying the language in their spare time on their own. I truly can not thank you enough for this video!
I am Norwegian married to a dane. I understand Danish quite well but the prenounciation is difficult. I am not able to say Norge(Norway) in Danish 😂 Its just impossible.
@@kahlilsykies9139 as a french man , i find easier to learn english because hear it everywhere . Plus there is plenty of words similar to french but english is not an easy langage : too much rules of pronuonciation , sounds i can't even pronounce correctly because i never used them before , i keep switching between american and london pronounciation/grammar . Dansk seems easier on the grammar part/writing but once again a lot of sounds don't exist in the french vocab so it's quiete a challenge , a different one but still hard . Danish have around 17 consonants and 20 vowels and english have 24 consonants and 20 vowels Obviously it depends of many factors especially where is live in denmark/english speaker countries
@@kahlilsykies9139 i speak perfectly arabic french english spanish... But danish oh my god oh my god from where they got those pronounciations it s sooooo hard. Thank god the grammar is not big challenge, if it was so i would lose my mind 😂😂😂
@@froggobaggins3328 There's a lot of debate as to rather English actually has 20 vowels. A lot of people say its between 12-14. Depending on the dialect. Do not switch between any Dialect of British English or any dialect of American English. Because the variants in sound and pronunciations are too great. A lot of French people say that English is hard to learn. But many learn English or some of it. How few English speakers who try to learn French, ever learn enough to complete a sentence. What sounds are found in Danish which aren't found in English?
Whilst helpful for beginners learning Danish, some of what Nicolai says is a bit misleading. The pronunciation of the endings -e in "løbe" etc is the so called "schwa", or "ə" as in the end of the English word "Father". The ending -er in biler, bøger etc is pronounced approximately like the sound in the English word "odd". In other words, Nicolai's own pronunciation does not agree with his explanation. Also, the ending -et, although often pronounced as a soft d, is just as often pronounced with a hard d, particularly in Jutland. Learners should know that both variants are correct.
I'm 9 years late, but also 2:38: "løbet" does not mean "ran". "Han er/har løbet" means "he has run" (past perfect tense). The Danish equivalent to "he ran" (simple past tense) is "han løb".
Hej Nicolaj, Mange Tak for your Danish language videos. Please produce more. I found your lessons on pronunciation very help. The switch from German to Dutch is quite easy for me with the pronunciation.
This is my first attempt at Danish pronunciation and it sounds to me exactly like German (Arbejder - Arbeiter). German diphthongs and "r" pronunciation. So far so good :) If grammar is not the most difficult in the world I'm all in.
Take two words: Bus (meaning Bus) and Hus (meaning house) The first one is straight forward to pronounce like you would in english (except the u sound is a little different... you would pronounce the "u" like you would pronounce a german "u" or a french "ou" "Hus" however is pronounced almost like: "Hu'es" Or imagine you're saying the word "Hu" and then saying a "ssss"-sound afterwards. "Stød" is when you stop the air flow on vowels, but unfortunatly theres no way if knowing where to do it
Interesting. From an English speaker's perspective, that soft final -D ending sounds very much like a final -L or -LE ending in English words such as puddle, mill, dill, but when you say the -EDE ending, the D sounds almost like English "TH" in the word "the". To me, those two sounds are not the same. Clearly Danes perceive these sounds differently from non-Danes.
omg yes i am so confused!! saying mad and hud have the same soft d, they sound like they are being pronounced completely differently. what a soft d is would be helpful.
You explain it all most clearly, tak skal du have. I still find the Danish spelling quite hard, though. But I´m glad that at least Danish does not have tones, oh my, that would make me give it up - that´s why I´ve quitted trying to learn Norwegian (Bokmål), and that would be an utter pity, cause, except for the Danish 'd' at the end of words, I find the language most beautiful!
Thanks for this video! That soft 'd' is gonna be the rough one. It sounds a bit like an english soft L, but maybe its just that the audio isn't able to effectively show how that sound comes out. Or maybe I'm hard of hearing :)
Yes, it can sound like an "L" until the ear adjusts. However, its really just a very soft "th" sound, and the tongue remains behind the lower teeth and is very loose. It helps trying to imitate a drunk person slurring his or her words!
It´s as Mark says, Nicholas and Giuseppe, it´s actually a voiced th, i.e. /dh/, pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the lower teeth (the tongue tip turning backwards). However, it does sound for us foreigners as a retroflex 'l', no doubt, I still think this way even after I´ve learned it´s articulation point and try and pronunce words with this phoneme, lol. It´s the only thing in Danish pronunciation which I do not like, at all cause, even though I do find the stod difficult, at least it gives the language a charming touch.
Nicholas Burmeister it's like 'the' I'm talking about the sound you make with the letters 'th' when you say 'the' in english That is the soft d, a hard d is usually used when d is the first letter of the word or in the end combined with a t
To "English-speakers' ears", at least, it very much *does* sound like a ( ...rather 'clipped'... ) letter "L/l", in fact; and is, apparently, a device by which Danish-speakers delight in torturing and tormenting all the rest of us ({; D ....!!!
Did you have more online material? You refer to class in the video. If so I’d love to see it up here, some of the best danish material on YT but only 2 videos😢
Having Danish heritage, I have always wanted to try and learn some "motherland tongue". I thought German was tricky! haha, Danish is going to be a challenge, but a fun one, I think. Thanks for the vid! It will make my attempts at reading/translating the written/texted Danish word a little more simple, and hopefully accurate.
I`m froim Germany grammatic is easy for me some pronounciation of some word are quite similar to german but the soft d confuse me a little bit it sound for me like a l but therefore thanx for this video I`m looking forward to see more greetings from Hamburg Germany
Greetings from America. Why do you think that Danish is the hardest? I find languages like Danish to have usually easy pronunciations. And easier or less complex grammar. Than most languages. With the exception of German and to a lesser extent Norwegian. They aren't inflected, or grammatically complex like French or Spanish is. I am proficient in Spanish(speaking, comprehending, reading). But I can barely make a statement or ask a question in French. I find its pronunciations to be so strange and difficult. Then theres the complex grammar. But apparently its different for you.
Thank you for this lesson. Two questions though: 1. The a in "Mad" (Food) sounds to my ear like two sounds combined (/æ/ and /ə/), and 2. the "soft d" sounds like only placing the tip of the tongue behind the upper teeth, touching the hard palet, is that correct? Another observation: P, T, and K between consonants, as you mentioned, seem to follow the same rules in English, where the p, t, and k in words like "speak," "student," and "skin" are more like b, d, and g, except being still voiceless. Am I correct?
Your first question touches upon one of the difficult things about Danish pronunciation. You are not correct though, but the a in mad (food) is different then the a in Abe (monkey), the reason is that all Danish vowels can be pronounced in three different ways. The pronunciation relates to the combining letters, and it is not easily explained. Regarding your second question; yes it is similar but p,t,k are not silent, they are very much pronounced.
Do I hear something wrong - the soft d at the end of words to me sounds like an l (as in like). "Huset" sounds like husel, "Mad" (food) sounds like mel. In "Hud" (skin) however I could not hear it. Is there some secret to the pronunciation I miss?
I will go to Denmark for erasmus next february (i hope it won’t cancel due to covid) and i have started to learn Danish via Duolingo. But i think i might be need different materials in future. I am open to any advice f
Really helpful - thank you so much! How should I pronounc Køge please? I am going to stay there and don't know how to ask for directions! Mange tak for din hjaelp
Probably you've already found out how to pronounce it, but in case you didn't, the K is just a K, the Ø is like the vowel in the word "fur" or "sir" with rounded lips, the G is soft and like the Y in "yes"
grammatically danish is easy, but pronounciation is the challenge, thanks for the video man
It is really easy if you are a German Person because we use almost clean vowels
Muhammad Rafi Handrian This video is very misinforming. He uses different vowels which only confuses.
except for the fact that every single fucking word has an exception
@@Homievegetable yup so true man:D!!!
Тебя еще в Дании не хватало.
This is very interesting. My grandparents immigrated to Canada in the '40's. I grew up with them speaking Danish. They were from the country on Jutland. They said they spoke farmer Danish. I think they really did, because listening to your classes makes me realize how different I pronounce words! I think I might be considered quaint if I spoke in Copenhagen the way I learned. I don't get much practice anymore, but I try to keep my language and comprehension up! Thank you for sharing your classes!
Maybe your grandparents even spoke sønderjysk? It’s sometimes seen rather as an own language than a dialect of Danish.
I am Icelandic. Back in the day when I was young ( a long, long time ago) Danish was taught as a second language in Iceland (English came later as a third language). I am used to pronoucing "-er" endings quite simply as "a". The ending always sounds like that to me as well when I stumple upon something spoken in Danish.
My kids and I just attended a 3 hours "Basic Danish" course this morning here in Nuuk Greenland.. Thank you,More videos please.🥰
10 years later and this still helps people ❤️👍🏻
My parents are from the North of England - Sunderland and I'm finding that a lot of the Danish pronunciation is echoed in the way my grandparents used to pronounce words e.g gan yam for go home (hjem). Also children are bairns (barn). Fascinating.
I'm heading to Denmark for a trip now and I only have 30 mins to learn Danish before going there.
This is super efficient and now suddenly Danish sounds easy! Tak!!
this video lasted 9 minutes, so you had 21 minutes left to learn the language. Considering that you need roughly 5000 words to speak a language at B2 level, you had to learn about 250 words per minute, or 4.1 words per second for 20 minutes, with one minute left to learn all grammar rules. Easy!
@Aries 4 I hae only been to touristic places but literally everyone speaks English, and i couldn't have proper conversation in Danish, apparently. Although this video helped me how to pronounce words in 30 minutes so it was efficient study indeed.
30 mins? You know the word "tak". That will take you far. We Danes like whatever little people have bothered to learn. As you said yourself, a lot of Danes speak English. And much more understand English and are shy to speak.
@@susanjensen4678 If only I could speak Danish at a level most Danes speak English, I would be extremely happy!
Ive been digging alot for such video... iam always lost when it comes to the reading and pronouncing the danish language, now i feel a bit at ease, thank you for the effort.
this is an amazing video. so sad you haven't made more than 2 videos. but thanks for this.
I have been trying some danish on duolingo for some weeks now during quarantaine and this helps so much with understanding pronouncing it. Like every 30 seconds I had a “oh so that’s how that works” moment
My first encounter with how complicated it can be, with English as a first Language, was hearing my Danish friend trying to get his dog to bark. "Hvad siger hunden?" Sounded nothing like how it's spelt. Love this explanation.
I am an Indian woman .I love your way of teaching and pronouncing danish word .Thanku.
Something tells me I'm going to be watching this channel very closely. Thank you for this series!
Thank you so much for this video. I find this really helpful, especially when it is extremely hard to find good information about the pronunciation of many languages, in other words good quality videos like this without any extra hassle. So clear, good tempo and easy to follow.
I would like to hear more about the pronunciation of vowels:) It is sometimes hard to hear the differences between the Danish vowels.
Thank you! I really feel like I finally learned something valuable
This really helped me start understanding the underlying fundamentals of danish so well along with a photonic correspondence and orthographic correspondence chart. I have already started figuring out how to assume pronunciation and spelling then check using a translator. I already know this is not going to work for everything, but it definitely is a great stepping stone in the right direction for someone studying the language in their spare time on their own. I truly can not thank you enough for this video!
Extremely helpful video. To the point and easy to understand. Thank you so much.
Tusind tak. I wish you made more videos, you're a very good lecturer.
amazing video! have been so lost on Memrise with simple question pronounciation, you’re a lifesaver! Tak!
Thanks for this. And I enjoyed your struggle pronouncing 'pronunciation'. 😜
I am Norwegian married to a dane. I understand Danish quite well but the prenounciation is difficult. I am not able to say Norge(Norway) in Danish 😂 Its just impossible.
Good greetings from America. Would you say the Danish is harder to learn than English? And which language has more phonemes(sounds)?.
Okay that's great to know since I can't pronounce it too :D
@@kahlilsykies9139 as a french man , i find easier to learn english because hear it everywhere . Plus there is plenty of words similar to french but english is not an easy langage : too much rules of pronuonciation , sounds i can't even pronounce correctly because i never used them before , i keep switching between american and london pronounciation/grammar .
Dansk seems easier on the grammar part/writing but once again a lot of sounds don't exist in the french vocab so it's quiete a challenge , a different one but still hard .
Danish have around 17 consonants and 20 vowels and english have 24 consonants and 20 vowels
Obviously it depends of many factors especially where is live in denmark/english speaker countries
@@kahlilsykies9139 i speak perfectly arabic french english spanish... But danish oh my god oh my god from where they got those pronounciations it s sooooo hard. Thank god the grammar is not big challenge, if it was so i would lose my mind 😂😂😂
@@froggobaggins3328 There's a lot of debate as to rather English actually has 20 vowels. A lot of people say its between 12-14. Depending on the dialect. Do not switch between any Dialect of British English or any dialect of American English. Because the variants in sound and pronunciations are too great.
A lot of French people say that English is hard to learn. But many learn English or some of it. How few English speakers who try to learn French, ever learn enough to complete a sentence.
What sounds are found in Danish which aren't found in English?
Great video dreng, I sincerely love you! Mange tak for hjælpen
Wow u made my day i was desperate to find help relating danish language thx alot its gona help me alot
Thank you! This makes things a lot clearer!
Thank u so much, I'm studying dansk and those simple rules are very easy and well explained.
Mange tak :)
why do i think that soft d sounds like "L" ? 🤦🏻♀️😅
Me sounds also L
sounds like "the" to me.
@@theflyinggasmask The IPA ð character usually sounds like the "the" sound, yes. But in Danish, it happens to sound more like a dark L.
Mysterium Vitae exactly
@@mysteriumvitae5338 I know for sure it's not a light "L", but it sounds for me like a dark "L", I'm not sure yet.
Perfect lesson. Thank you
Det var utrolig nyttigt! 🙂 Tak Nicolai! 🙏
Wooow simple and easy man, you just changed my way of reading and pronuncing the words, thanks for the video man.
Whilst helpful for beginners learning Danish, some of what Nicolai says is a bit misleading. The pronunciation of the endings -e in "løbe" etc is the so called "schwa", or "ə" as in the end of the English word "Father". The ending -er in biler, bøger etc is pronounced approximately like the sound in the English word "odd". In other words, Nicolai's own pronunciation does not agree with his explanation. Also, the ending -et, although often pronounced as a soft d, is just as often pronounced with a hard d, particularly in Jutland. Learners should know that both variants are correct.
Learners should know that both variants are correct. Thanx
I'm from Jutland and pronouncing the -et ending as a harder t isn't unheard of
Was just about to write the same comment, the endings -e, -er, -et and -en sounds nothing like how you say the letter e, in Danish.
I'm 9 years late, but also 2:38: "løbet" does not mean "ran".
"Han er/har løbet" means "he has run" (past perfect tense). The Danish equivalent to "he ran" (simple past tense) is "han løb".
Tusind tusind tak! It helps me a lot 😄
Absolutely adore the differences in pronunciation between danish and norwegian. Cant wait to study danish next
Hej Nicolaj, Mange Tak for your Danish language videos. Please produce more. I found your lessons on pronunciation very help. The switch from German to Dutch is quite easy for me with the pronunciation.
Tusind tak! Videoen er super flot!
Danish sounds as a rewinding audiotape
Please make more videos on Danish prononciation. This is very helpful
This is my first attempt at Danish pronunciation and it sounds to me exactly like German (Arbejder - Arbeiter). German diphthongs and "r" pronunciation. So far so good :) If grammar is not the most difficult in the world I'm all in.
Most useful video on the subject. Thank you so much.
this video is so helpful, thanks for uploading this.
I speak portuguese, english and a bit of french. Danish is by far the hardest!
Hey! which one is your native language?
me too... I have Portuguese, english, Spanish, and some french/Italian
Efraín Leota, I believe her native language is Portuguese.
The same with me. Despite I know Danish grammar, I can't speak because of that hard pronounciation.
Jessica Lains oh great I speak Arabic,English,Portuguese and a bit of French
Very nice got to know more about it
Please, make a video about the "stød" and how to apply it in pronunciation! Mange takk!
D is soft...
You can use it in "Han gav mig et hårdt Stød" (He gave me a hard "push")
Take two words:
Bus (meaning Bus) and
Hus (meaning house)
The first one is straight forward to pronounce like you would in english (except the u sound is a little different... you would pronounce the "u" like you would pronounce a german "u" or a french "ou"
"Hus" however is pronounced almost like: "Hu'es"
Or imagine you're saying the word "Hu" and then saying a "ssss"-sound afterwards.
"Stød" is when you stop the air flow on vowels, but unfortunatly theres no way if knowing where to do it
Nice video, I want to start learning danish because I have a friend who lives in denmark
Very nicely described, thanks.
Very useful video! Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much, this video is so usefull! You are the best! Mange tak!
super easy to follow, this is gold. Thank you for sharing! Much appreciated :-)
This was actually so helpful. Mange takk
Interesting. From an English speaker's perspective, that soft final -D ending sounds very much like a final -L or -LE ending in English words such as puddle, mill, dill, but when you say the -EDE ending, the D sounds almost like English "TH" in the word "the". To me, those two sounds are not the same. Clearly Danes perceive these sounds differently from non-Danes.
omg yes i am so confused!! saying mad and hud have the same soft d, they sound like they are being pronounced completely differently. what a soft d is would be helpful.
This video makes Danish language much easier.
Very Useful Lessons!!!....HIGHLY APPRECIATED!!!
Thanks! I have just discovered this video, it is really helpful.
That final d sounds to me like an L. Am I missing it? For example the word "mad" sounds like "mull" to me.
519 Forestmonk same
Yes! I tried to explain this to a Dane and she did not get me at all :D
519 Forestmonk Soft danish d is like th in the word "this". It's not an L at all
AgnesParn It's because you're wrong
yes, a lot. Danish d's sound like L
so, I'm living in Lenmark
what about "aeblet" it's not aebld right?
You explain it all most clearly, tak skal du have. I still find the Danish spelling quite hard, though. But I´m glad that at least Danish does not have tones, oh my, that would make me give it up - that´s why I´ve quitted trying to learn Norwegian (Bokmål), and that would be an utter pity, cause, except for the Danish 'd' at the end of words, I find the language most beautiful!
The Norwegian tones are less difficult than the Danish _stød._
This is so good, thanks. It makes somehow more sense to me now
Thanks for this video! That soft 'd' is gonna be the rough one. It sounds a bit like an english soft L, but maybe its just that the audio isn't able to effectively show how that sound comes out. Or maybe I'm hard of hearing :)
Yes, it can sound like an "L" until the ear adjusts. However, its really just a very soft "th" sound, and the tongue remains behind the lower teeth and is very loose. It helps trying to imitate a drunk person slurring his or her words!
Nicholas Burmeister yes, I also hear a sound which is closer to "l" than to "d".
It´s as Mark says, Nicholas and Giuseppe, it´s actually a voiced th, i.e. /dh/, pronounced with the tip of the tongue touching the lower teeth (the tongue tip turning backwards). However, it does sound for us foreigners as a retroflex 'l', no doubt, I still think this way even after I´ve learned it´s articulation point and try and pronunce words with this phoneme, lol. It´s the only thing in Danish pronunciation which I do not like, at all cause, even though I do find the stod difficult, at least it gives the language a charming touch.
Nicholas Burmeister
it's like 'the'
I'm talking about the sound you make with the letters 'th' when you say 'the' in english
That is the soft d, a hard d is usually used when d is the first letter of the word or in the end combined with a t
To "English-speakers' ears", at least, it very much *does* sound like a ( ...rather 'clipped'... ) letter "L/l", in fact; and is, apparently, a device by which Danish-speakers delight in torturing and tormenting all the rest of us ({; D ....!!!
Really helpful video!
Quick question, is there a rule about double consonants? For example, Løkken? Or does this only apply to the town?
The vowel before double consonants are shorter, I think. Danes can tell the diference between biler/biller and køler/køller
No jokes on "soft d" in the comments? Okay
no we're not all pervs with minds in the gutter
lyseslukker!
@@NclinedMuzaclly ~HEY, Speak for YerSELF ({; D ...!!!
no. we're here for a serious reason, man!
NclinedMuzaclly You sound like you know something about soft d
thank you so much. It will help me a lot. but it's still hard to remember:))
Did you have more online material? You refer to class in the video. If so I’d love to see it up here, some of the best danish material on YT but only 2 videos😢
It is great. Thanks
Thanks so much for the useful video!
It definitely is very useful
Tak for videoen! Det bliver meget nemmere👍
thanks for the video bro this video is so helpful
Having Danish heritage, I have always wanted to try and learn some "motherland tongue".
I thought German was tricky! haha, Danish is going to be a challenge, but a fun one, I think.
Thanks for the vid! It will make my attempts at reading/translating the written/texted Danish word a little more simple, and hopefully accurate.
German grammar is indeed tricky but the pronunciation is very easy compared with Danish.
this was most helpful. thanks
I wonder whether there have been efforts to reform Danish spelling to better reflect pronunciation. Spanish and German have done this.
Fantastic
virkelig hjaelpsom, mange tak :)
Det var så lidt. Husk at når du taler om noget konkret er ordet bestemt. Derfor: hjælpsomT ;-)
Nice going, tanks a lot 👌👍👏
Are most symbols in danish so short, for example, mand sounds way shorter than it looks. It sounds like a small expulsion of air rather than a word.
Well it dosen't take long to pronounce mand (actually it's only man beacuse the letter d is silent) lol
That's why I guess
Ofcourse is very important your video for all like me that I need to know how to pronun danish so tank you so much to do it
I'm learning Danish and it was very helful
I`m froim Germany grammatic is easy for me some pronounciation of some word are quite similar to german but the soft d confuse me a little bit it sound for me like a l but therefore thanx for this video I`m looking forward to see more greetings from Hamburg Germany
I speak portuguese, english and a bit of french. But danish is by far the hardest!
Greetings from America. Why do you think that Danish is the hardest? I find languages like Danish to have usually easy pronunciations. And easier or less complex grammar. Than most languages.
With the exception of German and to a lesser extent Norwegian. They aren't inflected, or grammatically complex like French or Spanish is. I am proficient in Spanish(speaking, comprehending, reading). But I can barely make a statement or ask a question in French. I find its pronunciations to be so strange and difficult. Then theres the complex grammar. But apparently its different for you.
Thank you for this lesson. Two questions though: 1. The a in "Mad" (Food) sounds to my ear like two sounds combined (/æ/ and /ə/), and 2. the "soft d" sounds like only placing the tip of the tongue behind the upper teeth, touching the hard palet, is that correct? Another observation: P, T, and K between consonants, as you mentioned, seem to follow the same rules in English, where the p, t, and k in words like "speak," "student," and "skin" are more like b, d, and g, except being still voiceless. Am I correct?
Your first question touches upon one of the difficult things about Danish pronunciation. You are not correct though, but the a in mad (food) is different then the a in Abe (monkey), the reason is that all Danish vowels can be pronounced in three different ways. The pronunciation relates to the combining letters, and it is not easily explained. Regarding your second question; yes it is similar but p,t,k are not silent, they are very much pronounced.
Very useful, thank you 🌹
Hi important information. Otherwise it was big puzzle for me in learning Danish
Hvad er dit fædreland?
I think I finally got the soft D ,thanks to you !
Do I hear something wrong - the soft d at the end of words to me sounds like an l (as in like). "Huset" sounds like husel, "Mad" (food) sounds like mel. In "Hud" (skin) however I could not hear it. Is there some secret to the pronunciation I miss?
great!
How much time required to reach fluent in danish language
can anyone help? he said the et and ede is pronounced as a soft D but when he actually pronounced it he said it as el and ele.
I will go to Denmark for erasmus next february (i hope it won’t cancel due to covid) and i have started to learn Danish via Duolingo. But i think i might be need different materials in future. I am open to any advice f
is g always silent at the end of a word, like it is in tog?
ja, altid.
Sometimes it will sounds like a j-sound, as in the word jeg (I)
No not in words like Ryg (back) Æg(egg) Myg(mosquito Byg(build) Kig(look). Those are hard g's
Very helpful.. But i also wanted to know about letter j.. As in how to pronounce faarevejle
Thank so much ❤
Thank you, it's very useful
Really helpful - thank you so much!
How should I pronounc Køge please? I am going to stay there and don't know how to ask for directions! Mange tak for din hjaelp
Probably you've already found out how to pronounce it, but in case you didn't, the K is just a K, the Ø is like the vowel in the word "fur" or "sir" with rounded lips, the G is soft and like the Y in "yes"
Words that end in "e" actual sound like "uh" as in "Duh" or the U in "Sun" or O in "Above"
Helped me lots, thank you!
Very good video, thank you.
Very good video!
+Vander Oliver Thank you
Could remember almost instantly
Super useful!
Does Danish grammar and English grammar is alike ?
Very useful video ^^ Thanks a lot ^^
Man, i swear, after repeating some of the words, with dansk accent, i have a triple knot on my tongue 😂😂. Jokes aside, thank you for the lessons.
Excellent video, Tak Nicolai.
BTW, there's a small typo in the last slide - "D should *note*..." needs to be changed to should not"
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