@crzyrp11 As for the "æ" as I say Dane it's not the same sound, it's really more like the Canadian "Eh" that you've probably heard when someone tries to do an impression of a Canadian.
@crzyrp11 Not really but then again we are taught it in school, and since it's so big in mainstream media you can't help but pick something up, but then again some people are horrible at it.
Just try looking up the danish foreign minister here on youtube, his english is just so horrible it almost makes your ears bleed.
The sound "æ" exists in english and it is very common actually - the sound not the letter! Words like "cat", "fan", "path" (american pronounciation) have that sound.
The Danish and Norwegian Æ is like the Swedish and German Ä.
The Swedish Ä is, however, more often pronounced like the E in the English plural of the word man; men, which I think that I have seen has been wrote with an Æ in older English texts.
@benoitdrummer Don't sell yourself short just because your Canadian it's better than being from further south anyway.
About the voice it scared myself as well, you know you have this idea of what your voice sounds like until you hear it recorded and it's completely different. XD
Hahhahaha, it sounds so much like my language dutch, but a more or less more violent way of Speaking it :D æsel = Ezel, Ængstlig = angstig, æple = appel, øvrige = overige,... etc That was really cool! But i remember, i went to denmark when i was 5, and we still have this little folder of Legoland :D And we could understand it very well. Written danish is easily understandable, but Spoken is hard.
@Metaldude1945 And it's the same the other way around :) Dutch is quite easy to read. When spoked it becomes a little more difficult, but since we learn English and German in Denmark, you actually do understand most of it :)
@bamsefar73 I just think that it's so cool, that without learning another germanic language, you can still understand a lot. Well, i have to admit, learning swedish, it now has become more easy now to understand danish.
Thanks, Zlapster. I lived in Denmark for a summer and all my Danish study since has been pretty academic. I was curious what part of Denmark you are from as your accent sounds a bit different than the Danes I met in Northeast Sjaelland...
@spidrawebster Hey Spida, i live in southern Jutland, so my accent will be a little different than people from Sjælland, but thats always to be expected from danes, even though we are a tiny country we have almost as many accents as the english language.
@jeresellen Det er faktisk så dansk som det kan blive (Hejnfelt) det er et min oldefar og hans søskende fik efter der skete en fejl fordi de hed nielsen og det gjorde alle andre også så de fik det lavet om og Hejnfelt var på den liste de fik tilsendt med forslag fra staten.
very nice video, informative. Im in denmark now i go to sprøgskolen trying to learn danish . I find it very hard but im learning everyday.
Anders kan du laver video how to learn danish fast? what to do everyday, some techniques etc... I really need advice on that fordi nogle gang im lazy to review my lesson after class, that made me left behind med min klasskamarada :(
@jozephine Hey, don't know any actual shortcuts or quick ways to learn danish, it's a hard language with some weird sounds, but maybe you can transfer some of the things i used when learning English, watch some danish movies with subtitles in a language you understand, if you have a basic understanding of the language (Which i can see you have) it's a great way to expand your vocabulary.
Also, if you do this please be patient with our Danish Humor.
@Metaldude1945 i'm learning Icelandic right now, i'm using "colloquial Icelandic" with audio, i just ordered "teach yourself Icelandic" (teach yourself is also a great language learning series). if you use any of those books, make sure you get the cd's or mp3's off the web too, that way you know how to pronounce the words :)
@Metaldude1945 Go to icelandic.hi.is - free online course set up by Háskóla Íslands (the University of Iceland). It's very good, if you use it with a book which explains the grammar a bit more.
@Piercedpixie56 lol, I don't think he read it slowly at all! at least not the Luther text, but I'm glad he read it the way he did. It's how it would be spoken in everyday Danish, something which is important for people who want to approximate as much as possible the common pronunciation and rhythm.
Danish must be an interesting language but I think that its reputation of being extremely hard to understand is probably deserved. It sounds rather inarticulate and sloppily pronounced. In your reading the words "men bogen er der ikke ja" sound like ""men bownedaje", " før istiden" like "fø istsln" and "til hvem jeg havde lånt dem" like "tsil vem je halådem" ... Very economical pronunciation! The right opposite of Italian :D
isn't the Danish "æ" like the "a" in "Dane"?
crzyrp11 1 month ago
@crzyrp11 As for the "æ" as I say Dane it's not the same sound, it's really more like the Canadian "Eh" that you've probably heard when someone tries to do an impression of a Canadian.
Zlapster 1 month ago
Is it hard for a Dane to learn English?? Just curious because english never seems to follow it's own rules lol.
crzyrp11 1 month ago
@crzyrp11 Not really but then again we are taught it in school, and since it's so big in mainstream media you can't help but pick something up, but then again some people are horrible at it.
Just try looking up the danish foreign minister here on youtube, his english is just so horrible it almost makes your ears bleed.
Zlapster 1 month ago
The sound "æ" exists in english and it is very common actually - the sound not the letter! Words like "cat", "fan", "path" (american pronounciation) have that sound.
TheMoreTheMerrier21 4 months ago
The Danish and Norwegian Æ is like the Swedish and German Ä.
The Swedish Ä is, however, more often pronounced like the E in the English plural of the word man; men, which I think that I have seen has been wrote with an Æ in older English texts.
JonasAnonym 5 months ago
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JonasAnonym 5 months ago
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JonasAnonym 5 months ago
Æsel.
Loleifos 7 months ago
Godt arbejde! +1
DeeWeext 8 months ago
Hakkebøf med bløde økologiske løg det har jeg godtnok aldrig fået ^_^ fedt
cyberfennek 10 months ago
"Rød rød med fløde" - the soft d's are even harder i beleive.
jotbot76 11 months ago
ahh, thank you :3 LOL, you have waaay better pronounciation than me, and a super deep voice holy crap....
but then again im canadian .. what do i know :D
benoitdrummer 1 year ago
@benoitdrummer Don't sell yourself short just because your Canadian it's better than being from further south anyway.
About the voice it scared myself as well, you know you have this idea of what your voice sounds like until you hear it recorded and it's completely different. XD
Zlapster 1 year ago
Jeg elsker rødgrød med fløde!!!
YUMMYngbird 1 year ago 7
Det var helt Bircow-agtigt... :P
favl 1 year ago
Hahhahaha, it sounds so much like my language dutch, but a more or less more violent way of Speaking it :D æsel = Ezel, Ængstlig = angstig, æple = appel, øvrige = overige,... etc That was really cool! But i remember, i went to denmark when i was 5, and we still have this little folder of Legoland :D And we could understand it very well. Written danish is easily understandable, but Spoken is hard.
Metaldude1945 1 year ago
@Metaldude1945 And it's the same the other way around :) Dutch is quite easy to read. When spoked it becomes a little more difficult, but since we learn English and German in Denmark, you actually do understand most of it :)
bamsefar73 1 year ago
@bamsefar73 I just think that it's so cool, that without learning another germanic language, you can still understand a lot. Well, i have to admit, learning swedish, it now has become more easy now to understand danish.
Metaldude1945 1 year ago
Thanks, Zlapster. I lived in Denmark for a summer and all my Danish study since has been pretty academic. I was curious what part of Denmark you are from as your accent sounds a bit different than the Danes I met in Northeast Sjaelland...
spidrawebster 1 year ago
@spidrawebster Hey Spida, i live in southern Jutland, so my accent will be a little different than people from Sjælland, but thats always to be expected from danes, even though we are a tiny country we have almost as many accents as the english language.
Zlapster 1 year ago
@jeresellen Hehe, ikke for at skyde dig ned det lyder meget tysk, det ved jeg godt.
Zlapster 1 year ago
@jeresellen Det er faktisk så dansk som det kan blive (Hejnfelt) det er et min oldefar og hans søskende fik efter der skete en fejl fordi de hed nielsen og det gjorde alle andre også så de fik det lavet om og Hejnfelt var på den liste de fik tilsendt med forslag fra staten.
Zlapster 1 year ago
very nice video, informative. Im in denmark now i go to sprøgskolen trying to learn danish . I find it very hard but im learning everyday.
Anders kan du laver video how to learn danish fast? what to do everyday, some techniques etc... I really need advice on that fordi nogle gang im lazy to review my lesson after class, that made me left behind med min klasskamarada :(
jozephine 1 year ago
@jozephine Hey, don't know any actual shortcuts or quick ways to learn danish, it's a hard language with some weird sounds, but maybe you can transfer some of the things i used when learning English, watch some danish movies with subtitles in a language you understand, if you have a basic understanding of the language (Which i can see you have) it's a great way to expand your vocabulary.
Also, if you do this please be patient with our Danish Humor.
Zlapster 1 year ago
Does anyone know, where i could learn Icelandic? And where i can learn Danish?
Metaldude1945 1 year ago
@Metaldude1945 you could attend a danish class. Just google how to learn danish, or something like it, I'm sure something pops up.
shingilingetelefon 1 year ago
@Metaldude1945 i'm learning Icelandic right now, i'm using "colloquial Icelandic" with audio, i just ordered "teach yourself Icelandic" (teach yourself is also a great language learning series). if you use any of those books, make sure you get the cd's or mp3's off the web too, that way you know how to pronounce the words :)
NorseRonin 1 year ago
@Metaldude1945 Go to icelandic.hi.is - free online course set up by Háskóla Íslands (the University of Iceland). It's very good, if you use it with a book which explains the grammar a bit more.
silverbiscuit 1 year ago
@silverbiscuit Oh wow! thanks a lot mate! Awesome link!
Metaldude1945 1 year ago
hej jeg ville bare lige sige at Ä udtales som Æ og ikke Å.
Ö udtales som Ø
og det gælder både for tysk og svensk. Norsk bruger også ÆØÅ så vidt jeg ved :D
ReggaeHelena 2 years ago
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Piercedpixie56 2 years ago 7
Din grammatik er fantastisk!
Og tak for Positiv comment.
Zlapster 2 years ago
@Piercedpixie56 lol, I don't think he read it slowly at all! at least not the Luther text, but I'm glad he read it the way he did. It's how it would be spoken in everyday Danish, something which is important for people who want to approximate as much as possible the common pronunciation and rhythm.
JoeNYCBoi 1 year ago
Danish must be an interesting language but I think that its reputation of being extremely hard to understand is probably deserved. It sounds rather inarticulate and sloppily pronounced. In your reading the words "men bogen er der ikke ja" sound like ""men bownedaje", " før istiden" like "fø istsln" and "til hvem jeg havde lånt dem" like "tsil vem je halådem" ... Very economical pronunciation! The right opposite of Italian :D
Ayazidas 2 years ago
Haha, sjovt vid.
Og jeg kemmer frå Island =)
5515999 2 years ago
Æ is found in English as a sound. "Canadians always put it at the end of a question, Æ?"
jmichaelrout 2 years ago 2
Du er godt nok forkølet XD
NorthStarAritharo 2 years ago 2
Jah måske en smule.
Zlapster 2 years ago
Ohh i'm terribly sorry about that, it's been a while since the german classes i attended at puplic school.
Zlapster 2 years ago
The German A umlaut (ä) sounds like the Scandinavian Æ/æ, not like Å/å. Just as the o umlaut (ö) sounds like Ø.
Toke27 2 years ago 14
Toke27-vel.....sverige har ä, ö, men de er liknende fordi svensk, norsk og dansk er germansk språk, lol.
mrmatt1861 1 year ago