Danish Pronunciation: The Soft D
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2019
- Learn how & when to say the soft d, a crucial part of the danish language.
Get the right technique and understand the rules on when to say a "D" as a soft "D".
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Danish, the great mystery of all linguistics. How can a language be both beautiful and such a nightmare at the same time?
Haha, that way it at least isn't boring 😉
@@MicsLanguages 😄
It’s interesting that Danish is usually regarded as an ugly language because of how throaty is it, especially compared to Norwegian and Swedish but sometimes I’ll happen upon someone who finds it beautiful which is a welcome change :)
I find it beautiful.
I speak spanish and I dont know how to do it 😭😭😭😭
Omg, i spent like 30 minutes trying to pronounce this while I was in the subway, everyone was staring at me lol but I finally made it! Thanks!!!
Great, that's the spirit! With that degree of perseverance you are gonna get far 😉
Never give up 👍
That’s so impressive. I feel inspired to make a fool of myself on a train whilst improving at a language.
did you end up learning the language?
I am learning Danish and Icelandic and Norse etc, and the pronunciation in Danish is more complicated than I thought, and it’s not just the Danish accent which is not easy to imitate, but also the pronunciation itself, as there are some difficult sounds in Danish, plus all the glottal stops... I cannot even hear a D sound, so I don’t think it’s an actual D sound, and it does sound more like an L to me, so maybe it is an L sound or a half-L sound, I don’t know... So I am not sure what sound to make exactly, and it’s like that in Welsh too, with the LL sound in Welsh, so I don’t know if I have to add an H sound or a SH sound or an S sound to an L sound or something like that to get the right LL sound, so it’s not easy to figure out how to make these sounds, but I wonder how do ppl from Denmark and ppl from Wales learn how to make those sounds when they start talking, and can they just do the sounds by imitating, or does someone explain to them what sounds to make and how to get those sounds... (Danish is actually one of the prettiest languages ever created like Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Welsh / Breton / Cornish and I want to get the right Danish accent and sounds, despite the difficulty, and I recommend doing the same and learning these gorgeous languages together and practicing Danish pronunciation, even though most learners would rather give up when something seems too complicated!)
this letter makes me really cry.... it's more difficult than french R or dutch G 😭😭😭😭
It's not easy if you are not born in Denmark. But as with most things, it can be learned if you invest energy in it.
The French R by the way, is pretty much the same as the Danish R 😉
can i suggest something for the next video? the glottal stop or stød. i have a hard time knowing when to use it
Chela Sanchez I can pronounce french r and Dutch g but the Danish d is the hardest I just can’t :(
@@emeskay4527 i found a technique that helps in pronouncing soft d. it's like pronouncing letter L, but instead of the tip of the tongue going up, you place it behind the lower teeth
Chela Sanchez that’s what he said in the video it’s still hard for me haha
I started a Duolingo course of Danish after I was done with German, thought Danish would be easier than German. BUT BOY WAS I WRONG! So far, it's the HARDEST language to pronounce I've ever come across. And it makes me love it more, it is such a challenge. The hardest so far has been this letter D, and you have no idea how useful this video was. I've watched it several times and paused it to practice along. My tounge hurts now. Lol. But I'm getting better at it!!! THANK YOUUU!!!
Hahaha, that's great to hear! Yeah, German pronunciation is a piece of cake! But Danish also isn't too hard. Just need to practice enough ;)
Thanks for your message, it made my day 😊
I noticed you stopped posting and I'm sad. I'm trying to learn Danish without courses for no reason at all and your channel is awesome!
Thank you very much. At the moment I am focusing on other things. But I want to post many more videos. Hope I'll be able to post with a certain frequency again!
"It's the actions that really make us who we are"
I didn't expect to find philosophy here but that's profound.
Also, thank you for the help with Danish pronunciation. My great grandparents were Danish immigrants to USA, but they were more focused on learning English than passing the old language down to their descendants. With your help and dedicated practice time, I can hope to reclaim this part of my heritage in 2022. I'm looking forward to it.
Perfect, I wish you success and fun re-owning some of your heritage 😉
Tak! Trying to teach myself Danish, and soft d is definitely one of the hardest pronunciations.
Hej! Hvis du arbejder hårdt nok, skal du nok lære det 😉
@@Vexarax the soft D is driving me crazy and I'm not studying danish actually. I think soft D isn't that hard to pronounce but it's hard to realize how it's reproduced.
@@denisposcai1102 it's quite similar if you compare the soft d, to the th in english (the th sound in the) for instance bille(d)er is basically the equivalent to "bille(th)er" - hopefully this made sense
Mic's Languages, ja, der jeg var mindre trodsede jeg at danmark var det eneste land i hele verden og jeg viste ikke hvad engelsk var xD
@Mics languages just came across your channel..and I really needed this..😊.Mange tak for helping us learn your language. blessings.
It is mind-blowing for a person on the third day of Danish course. One of the hardest things I've ever tried to pronounce. Couldn't stop laughing at my disability to say any of that. 😅Thank you for detailed explanation! So helpful!
"The R is not pronounced, the J is not pronounced"
me sobbing: ............ Y
lol
The pronunciation of these two letters suddenly makes me happy that German is my native language
He’s a great Danish teacher, and a philosopher at the end!
Thank you! 😊
When the end says "you can do it" thank you mic I am so stressed
So a soft D is like trying to pronounce "l" while a doctor is pushing down your tongue with a tongue depressor...😅
Yeah that would be a way of doing it 🤔
All I got was my gag reflex, lol. :-(
my bf who's from Denmark he speaks danish and English he's trying to teach me danish for when I come to live with him in Denmark he said soft D sounds like English TH but when he says the word I hear L. also r sounds like someone making a disgusted sound 😆 like u just tasted something bad lol
1:12
Me after the first two: yeah those don't sound like L at all, what are people talking about? I guess I understand this pretty well.
Me after the third: WTH, how is that not an L?
Haha yeah, from my experience in learning other languages, I know what you mean.
It's always hard to differentiate something that we have never realized existed before.
At least in the beginning. Then, later on, with enough exposure and training, the difference becomes obvious.
I am learning Danish and Icelandic and Norse etc, and the pronunciation in Danish is more complicated than I thought, and it’s not just the Danish accent which is not easy to imitate, but also the pronunciation itself, as there are some difficult sounds in Danish, plus all the glottal stops... I cannot even hear a D sound, so I don’t think it’s an actual D sound, and it does sound more like an L to me, so maybe it is an L sound or a half-L sound, I don’t know... So I am not sure what sound to make exactly, and it’s like that in Welsh too, with the LL sound in Welsh, so I don’t know if I have to add an H sound or a SH sound or an S sound to an L sound or something like that to get the right LL sound, so it’s not easy to figure out how to make these sounds, but I wonder how do ppl from Denmark and ppl from Wales learn how to make those sounds when they start talking, and can they just do the sounds by imitating, or does someone explain to them what sounds to make and how to get those sounds... (Danish is actually one of the prettiest languages ever created like Norse / Gothic / Icelandic / Faroese / English / Dutch / Norwegian / Welsh / Breton / Cornish and I want to get the right Danish accent and sounds, despite the difficulty, and I recommend doing the same and learning these gorgeous languages together and practicing Danish pronunciation, even though most learners would rather give up when something seems too complicated!)
Normally, you'd think it would be impossible to speak and make any sense in any language, with fingers stuck in your mouth. But with Danish that's the only way I can pronounce it correctly xD Truly a special language.
You're right haha 😀
After some time your finger will either stick to your mouth/tongue forever, or your tongue will become used to staying at the right position and the finger will become totally obsolete 😉
@@MicsLanguages Haha ;D Well hopefully for me it's the second option. For now I will stick with the finger however. Thank you for this tip! It's the first time I managed to pronounce this sound
@@93pan1c Great, I'm happy to hear that. Thank you for letting me know that my video had an impact :)
Mic, thank you!! I am a native English speaker and could not for the life of me figure out “the soft d.” It really scared me away from Danish for a while. I will now do the little exercises you outlined.
One of the most comprehensive videos that I've found on youtube. Tusind tak, mic!
Det er jeg glad for at høre. Mange tak for din besked!
Thank you. Of all the things I've read and watched about the Danish soft D you are the ONLY one to ever mention the 'something' going on in the throat. I was beginning to think I was imagining it but I was sure Danes seemed to kind of constrict the throat a bit when making the soft D. Thank you for saying this.
The throat is often overlooked when it comes to describing how sounds are produced. Maybe this is due to it being difficult to understand and explain what exactly happens down there.
I hope the video has helped you to produce the soft D in a good way!
I'm Eastern European, apart from my mother tongue I can speak English, Russian, Spanish and Catalan, I have also studied German but I'm not fluent in it.
When visiting Norway and Sweden I was surprised how rapidly I started to pick up many words and was even able to make sense of some simple sentences. And I think I did pretty well pronuncing the words I could hear or see written.
But I'm convinced that I could make more sense of Mandarin Chinese than Danish. This language seems to be very.... "counterintuitive"...
У меня так болит челюсть и горло после этой мягкой д. Убейте
As an Swede I’ve always been fascinated by the Danish languages and how the potato in the mouth actually works in real life. 😉
My imitation of it slowly but surely built up enough speed that it is just stupid enough for me not to learn it for real.
ahahah Jag skall flytta till Jyllands snart och det skrämmer mig det fina uttalet.. men man vänjer sig nog....
@@gorgioarmanioso151 frygt ej min ven, tager du langt nok vest på bliver det bløde d til et j... Som i "majs"
...
Or vänjer.
I have never ever heard anyone not born in Denmark speak Danish like a Dane. Danes understand English extremely well and speaks it all, maybe sounding a little awkwardly. My advice to everyone in the world if they come to Denmark, there is only only one phrase you will ever need: "Do you speak English?"
As a brazilian learner and enthusiast of languages, I'm so glad getting to know such a channel like yours, where you coincidentally handle to teach (in one place) three of those I'm studying too! Tusind Tak for det! ;D
Mange tak for din kommentar, Kassio!
Ich hoffe, dass du anhand meiner Videos etwas Neues lernst.
I'm planning to release lots of videos in the future, so I hope they will be helpful for you.
Valeu, e divirta-se aprendendo 😉
Wow! Ich kann es kaum erwarten die nächsten Videos zu sehen! Muito obrigado pela receptividade em seu canal! ;)
“It’s our actions that define who we are” thank you Mic for reminding me to not just say I’m gonna learn Danish, but to actually do it 😳😅
Perfect, let's act!! 😀
I have been teaching myself Danish for a couple months now, and this video was incredibly helpful. I have found the pronunciation to be by far the most difficult aspect of the language, and have been having particular trouble with the soft D. I'm going to implement your suggestions! Thank you again!
Great, happy to help. The pronunciation is what most people struggle with indeed. But I believe you can reach your goals 😉
That soft d has the same spelling as "ğ" in Turkish lol. Thanks for the great video!
My first danish class ever. Excellent! Mange tak!!!
You’re videos are the best. Thank you
Having a vocal coach & singing training has made learning new sounds in Danish easier for me because vocal training spends a lot of time thinking about tongue placement/palettes/how your throat feels when you make a sound. If you have an interest in learning Danish and singing, I definitely recommend combining those interests!
Thank you sooo much for this video. I am a german learning danish and my teutonic tongue hates those soft d's. This video help a lot with my understanding
This is a very helpful explanation with showing the tongue position and everything. Thank you so much!
This is the 5th video I watched and I finally got it. Mange tak!
I'm laughing out of pure joy. This is the most useful video I've seen in a while.
Wow, that's a great thing to hear. Thank you! 😊
As someone who has been struggling to learn Danish this was of great help. Thanks!
Thanks, man! Clear and useful.
Great content! I was an exchanger in Denmark years ago and didn't have a clear view of the difference between these sounds in Danish. Thank you a keep going!
Man, none of my Danish teachers believed me when I told them I was saying "L"s, thank you so much for this.
Do you also do Danish reads? I need some supply of Danish videos with Danish subtitles, which are next to impossible to find, and the phrases you did in the beginning were very useful.
Thanks for your comment.
I haven't done any videos reading in Danish. But I might consider doing it at some point.
Have you had a look at www.dr.dk/drtv/
where you can see real life TV in Danish and subtitles are always available. Normally, the subtitles show pretty much the same as what is said.
Watching TV is a great way of improving very quickly 👍
Excellent material Mic! Thanks
That's a pretty good explanation without going into too much detail. I'll make sure to share this video next time I meet somebody who has trouble with this sound.
This was very well explained and extremely helpful. Really appreciate the ample number of examples and your effort to illustrate the articulation. Thank you!
Thank you very much for your message!
Stor tak, Mic! That helps me a lot with the soft d. One of the hardest parts of speaking Danish.
That's great. Have fun!
thats really helpful! thank you Mic
thank you so much for making this! the soft d is what i've struggled with the most in learning danish, this video really helps a lot :)
Thanks a lot, I appreciate knowing that I made a useful video :)
This is super helpful!!! Tak!
Thank you!! Very helpful
SUPER !!! THANK YOU FOR NICE AND CLEVER EXPLANATION!!!
Found your video today, and I can tell that it is the best soft D pronunciation video I have ever come across! You are the best! Hope to see more videos coming! Mange tak!!!
Yeah, I know I'm the best 😎 Haha, just kidding.
Thank you so much for your comment, you made my day :)
I'm still on a bit of a break in the video making, but there'll be a lot more - hopefully good stuff - coming in the future!
Thank you for this video, very instructive!
"funny pronunciation too, but it's doable" - my friend you just described the whole danish language in one sentence 😅
Thanks so much for the video! It really helped. You earned yourself a new subscriber :)
I'm looking forward to watching your other danish videos.
Thank you very much!
I'm glad the video was helpful, and I hope the other videos will be helpful as well.
And it should be doable for you, since you seem to have mastered a very difficult other language.
May I ask, what is your channel about? I just see a lot of Japanese symbols and lots of people watching your videos 😉
(I hope I'm not mistaking when I say Japanese - it sounds Japanese to me)
@@MicsLanguages It's actually Korean! But I understand it looks and sounds similar to Japanese at first 😄
My channel is also language related. I mainly teach German in Korean and sometimes Korean in German.
Many Koreans struggle to learn proper German as they don't have enough resources for it in their mother tongue. So I am happy to help them, by teaching German in a way that makes sense to a Korean speaker.😊
@@GermanEonni That's great! I wish I could understand some of it. And yeah, the editing of the videos seems very "Korean" (I would have called it Japanese, but sorry, I'm ignorant haha). Actually, my second guess would have been Korean. I watched the movie Parasite a few months ago and I was surprised at how it sounded like Japanese to me. That's probably because I've never heard Korean before. It's definitely not similar to Chinese at all.
But enough about my ignorance about Asian languages!
I wish you good luck with your Korean adventure and of course also with Danish. If there's anything you struggle with in Danish, let me know! Are you learning Danish seriously, by the way? If so, may I ask why?
the Best video for Danish Pronounciation!
Thank you so much!
Looking forward to more of your Danish videos 😍😍
Thank you very much. I do my best, glad you like it 😎
Cracks me up. Some (not all) of the examples l / d sound virtually the same to me!
Den her video hjælp mig meget! Mange tak!
Super, det er jeg glad for at høre! Tak for din kommentar :)
Very good! Thank you! Estava esperando muito por aulas suas de Dinamarquês. Acompanho o seu outro canal "Mic Rasmussen".
Muito bom, Adson. Obrigado pelo seu comentário!
Boa sorte com seu canal ;)
Conclusions of Mic’s video 🤗🤞😊
Super useful and easy rules!
When to say ‘Soft D’ ?
1 vowels followed by d or dd :
hvid, Frede, billeder, sidde, federe, hade, stod, ud, ad
sidder (double d would make the pronounciation of vowel shorter )
2 When we have et in the end of the word :
meget, Nettet, vejret, året
When Not use ‘soft d’ ?
1 When we have vowel and ds :
udsigten , sidse , bedst, tilfreds, udsigten ,
2 dt . Just pronounce t sound.
midt, hvidt, rødt
Let us keep practising together 😎 Few minutes a day 🍀
Thank you very much!!
One little correction though: Under "when not to say soft d", number 1, you mention "udsigten". Here we DO say the soft d, as the ds is not in the same syllable (ud-sigt-en). Otherwise, great recap 👌
@@MicsLanguages Thank you so much for your teaching!
Looking forward to your new Danish videos 👏👍
I like this life advice at the end, I will give that like for actualizing on my intentions! Heck yeah!
excellent sir
You're the best thanks for your help.
Thank you!
This is by far the best explanation of soft D pronunciation. Thank you for the great video. Im working on this soft D for some time now, i think im getting better. In some words i can do it better than on then on the others, depens on the possition and other letters.
Its still not clear to me wheter the tip of the toung should touch the actuall bottom teeth (bones) or should it touch the area beneath bottom teeth, the "skin inside mouth" beneath teeth. Dont know how to call it lol.
So far the hardest to pronounce is Krydderi or Krydrede Kartoffelbåde.
Jeg håber at blive bedre snart! Tak for lektionen Mic!
Thank you so much
Thank you very much Mr mic，you just help me a lot to pronounce the hardest sound of Danish.
Perfect!
Best video I’ve found thank you ! So helpful
Thank you, Alice!
Mange tak ! I've searched numerous books and document on the web to help me explain how to sound the soft d in Danish, but I never managed to sound it right. This video is very helpful. I taught a bit of Danish at University 28 years ago and am trying to get back at it, but I guess my pronunciation is average. Not to mention the stød ! Except for the very tricky pronunciation, the grammar is very easy - a copy of English. Now, I understand why we, being students, were stupid mocking our teacher from København, when speaking French to us - adjectif sounded like Annabelle because, as I understand it now, he spoke better English than French and sounded a soft d for our hard d...
Hi Mic. Your channel and content is pretty amazing and well explained.
The way you did it on this video was the best ever.
Could you please upload more Danish videos?
Specially about the silent letters.
Thanks in advance.
Hi! Thank you so much! I do my best to make good videos, really glad you liked this one.
I will start making new videos very soon.
Thank you for your suggestion about the silent letters 👍🙂
I've been searching for a video about this mysterious consonant. Thanks to you, I know the difference, though I'm not any closer to being able to pronounce it!
Great to know that you now know the difference. So now it's time for practicing it :)
Watched "Borgen" in Danish without unterstanding one word. Made me want to learn Danish. Haven't had such difficulties with pronunciation since I tried to learn Khmer (which actually sounds similar 🙂
Yeah it's not an easy task. But you can do it!
Best video about soft D!!! Tak!!! 🤗 Obrigada!!!! 🌟🇩🇰🇧🇷
Tusind tak :D
Came to learn how to pronounce something called soft D. Slowly losing my mind when the other letters are also pronounced completely different to how it is written :D
welcome to Danish! 😉
It's literally like a gentle waterfall cascading off my tongue, or perfectly cooked short rib coming right off the bone. Such a subtle sound-- I'm gonna have to work on this one! Tak for the video, Mic!!!
You're welcome. May your short rib be a treat, and may your waterfall give you lot's of beautiful experiences! 😉
Thank you
Thank you for these tips.
You're welcome :)
Tak skal du have! Det hjælper mig meget! (Learning Danish, I am Dutch).
🇩🇰Det er sgu lidt sjovt og se engelske folk lære dansk 🇩🇰🇺🇸it's damn fun to watch english people learn danish🇺🇸 P.S. is Danish and loves your videos
really good thank you
Thank you for this. I started danish on duolingo and they just threw it at me and I couldn’t make heads or tails of it this help me start to understand and be able to try to pronounce it better.
Hje, very good lesson, entre el español, portugués, francés e inglés is a little hard but not imposible, i think❤❤❤
Love this video. 💕
Subscribed☺
Amazing! Thank you 🙂
Thanks.
Great Mic, Tak!
Selv tak!
A very helpful video! Thanks!
Thank you, good to hear that it's helpful!
thank you very very much🌹🌹🌹
You're brilliant! I'm not smart enough for Danish...all respect to you have learned it!
Thanks. But luckily most people learn their native language 🙂
@@MicsLanguages Luckily is right. Of course many of my fellow Americans do not! Just ask our British cousins. :)
Seriously....i do want to learn either Danish or Norwegian. I just love the culture(s).
hi :) tak for this video. It's really helpfull now I can start practicing on "rødgrød med fløde"
Hi, Melanie. Great to hear that I'm helpful :)
Now go perfecting that rødgrød!
Thanks for this video, i've been really enjoying learning Danish, but I've been finding this so difficult.
Many people find Danish difficult, mainly because of the pronunciation. But challenges are a good thing 🙂
I wish you good luck and focus on this journey!
great video......with clear explanation.......wonderful.....
tak skal du have :)
Oh my god you've made this suddenly so clear. I thought it was impossible, thank you so much!
Wow, thank you so much for your uplifting comment! 😊👍
Regarding -et at the end of words: Depending on the dialect/accent the D may be pronounced as a soft D, a hard D, or a T, where the soft D is the most common, and the E may have several different pronunciations too.
Whether the R in "vejret" is pronounced or silent also depends on the dialect, and the vowel sound in the first syllable may also vary.
The official pronunciation of "vejret" is with E as in bed for the first vowel, pronounced R, and -et as schwa-t. This pronunciation exist but is quite rare.
The pronunciations mentioned in the video are not the only valid pronunciation of each word, but they are the most common, or at least among the most common.
I should have made clear that there are several ways of pronouncing the sounds, depending on the region the speaker is from.
I often forget to mention that there is not one correct way and all the other ways are wrong.
Tak for dit indspark :)
Very good explanation. Please upload more videos explaining the pronunciation of Danish! Like so he'll see it!
Thank you! I will definitely upload more vids on Danish pronunciation. So stay tuned.
And also make sure to have a look at my Instagram profile, where I started uploading recently :)
@@MicsLanguages :) :) :)
Thank you very much for this video! ☺️ I just started learning Danish and for me as a German this "d" sounded pretty much like an "l", even though I knew it was formed differently. Thank you for your good explanation, I think I got the difference now! Hope it will be good soon! :)
I'm glad you found the video helpful. Thanks a lot for taking your time to write me :)
Viel Spaß beim Lernen! ;)
Mic's Languages Dankeschön! ☺️
Wowwww thank you for that i was so confuse about those sounds😄
Watched your amazing videos from Yesterday evening.
To be honest, just decided to learn Danish from 10th, Jan, 2020.
But Really feel it is soooooooooooooooooooooooo difficult! Especially the “werid” Pronounciations 😭
I even have the fear in my heart.
So, how could I have the motivation for Learning Danish? 😨
But, after watching your videos from Yesterday, Suddenly had the great interest on Learning Danish 😃
So for the first time, I got up at 5:30 am today , then kept learning your videos again 🤗
Strongly recommend that please produce the video about R sound!
Tusind Tak!
Thank you so much!
Thank you sooo much fir your nice comments!
Congratulations on deciding to learn Danish! I believe that it is always a good idea to learn the language of the place where somebody lives, at least if it is for some years or more.
And learning new languages always makes us more intelligent!
Good to hear that you get up at 5:30 to learn Danish. Getting up early is amazing, gives a clearness of thought and a kind of peace in my opinion.
About the difficulty of learning Danish, you're right, it's not one of the easiest languages to learn, especially because of its pronunciation. But if you see yourself as already speaking Danish fluently (in the future), you will have a big advantage. Our mind is strong, and we can control it so that it does what we want from it. Acquiring a positive mindset makes (almost) anything possible. 😉🧘♂️💪
@@MicsLanguages Thank you so much for your words which has given me a lot of encouragements!
I usually tell people that if there's a D in the middle of the word, the word is pronounced slowly, and if it is accompanied by another consonant, the word is pronounced quickly.
dude wtf this helped so damn much, thank you. Thank you so much!
Great to hear, thanx!
It does still sounds like a "l" to me, even with those examples. But I think I come close by trying to say "l" but instead of touching my gum with the tip of my tongue, I touch (or almost touch) the gum with the middle of my tongue. So basically like you said in the vid, the tip of the tounge goes down.
I've also seen danes sticking out their tounge for the soft d, but maybe that's only for of it comes at the end of a word, like rød or brød... 🤔
Sticking out the tongue also works. In fact, I am able to pronounce the soft D with all kinds of different tongue positions. But what seems to be the most reliable way, especially for beginners, is with the tongue down.
Good luck with getting better and better!
Incredibly helpful video ! I have only just starting learning Danish and was tripping up on this, after the video I tested some words on googles voice search and it knew what I was saying this time 😂 (previously would get completely different words) I'll keep practicing thank you !
Great, good to hear that it's helping you. Thank you 😉
Fantastic, Mic!! I have to practise alot because the Danish soft "d" is really difficult, but not impossible to learn! :-) Please keep up the good work and I can't wait for the next class!
Thank you so much for your message, Ana! I'll try to keep it up.
Have fun practicing the soft d. Make it yours! ;)
Mic's Languages I think that the best way to learn Danish is to learn the sounds first ('cause it'll take quite a while) and then focus on the grammar. Right?
What worked for me is to pronounce a word with 'th' sound first, noting the tongue motion and position. Then pronounce the word again in the same way, but use a sound closer to 'L' than 'th'. When learning most languages, always start with what you already know and modify it instead of starting from scratch.
Hej Mic, Thank you SO MUCH for your video. I have been trying to learn Danish for a couple of years (on and off) and nowhere did I find the soft d even mentioned. Suddenly it all makes so much more sense! I have been running around in circles shouting "yes, yes, yes" aftre watching the video. Thanks again!
Hi Andreas, great to hear that the video was useful! I wish you strength and fun studying Danish!
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Really useful video, Thanks! The transitions between the letter L and the soft D are still hard for me but im sure over time it will improve.
Yes it will. Just keep at it and you'll get good results !
Mange tak, Mic!
Mic'sda best
Mange Tak! Very helpful, I can pronounce it well now.
That's great to hear 👍🙂
Hej Mic! Tak for alle dine videoer - denne er meget hjælpsomme! Okay, now I'll switch to English because I don't know if what I just wrote in Danish is correct! I had an idea: how about a video on pronouncing the Danish alphabet? I didn't see a video by you, and I think it would be fantastisk if you made one! You have a true gift for teaching. I've been learning Danish for about 8 months now (just off-and-on self-study using an app), and I think a stronger foundation on the pronunciation of the letters would be most useful. When I decided to learn a new language, I didn't want to choose French, Spanish, German, Italian or any of the other widely spoken languages because, well, they're more common - spoken by tens (or even hundreds) of millions of people worldwide. So Danish floated to the top and fit my requirement that I learn a language that is difficult, unusual, melodic, and that instantly makes me more interesting because I know (some of) it. I love learning Danish, but don't worry, I don't plan to visit Denmark and dazzle the locals with my mastery of the language; I'm learning only for my own enrichment. And besides, I know that a non-native speaker of Danish will never sound like a native (well, except I've read that most Danes think Crown Princess Mary's Danish is excellent). Anyway, how about the alphabet?
Hi there! Thanks for your nice comment. First of all, you are right in that it's almost impossible to get a native accent (unless you are still a child) for a non-native person. Crown princess Mary's Danish is very good, but it's still easy to hear on her vowels that she is not Danish. I have seen a few pronunciation geniuses in my life as a Danish instructor though, but they are very few.
Your idea about the alphabet is a good one. I'll put it on my list. Right now I'm actually taking a little break from recording videos, but when I'm back, I might make a video about the alphabet.
Your choice of learning Danish is a good choice. I myself am also intrigued by doing things that are "uncommon" and difficult.
I wish you lots of fun and success on your Danish journey!