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| Ulven | Wednesday 02nd of March 2005 07:38:53 AM |
| DANISH PHRASES - [i]I'm a beginner, and I welcome corrections and ideas to make this post and thread better.[/i] Firstly, a note on my transliterations for pronunciation. Transliteration of Danish 'd', isn't possible in any reasonable sense using English. As, it is a combination (as I see it) of at least two English sounds- 'th' in [i]then[/i] and 'l' in [i]lunch[/i]. A basic description I would give of the letter, is that it is a [i]swallowed[/i] 'th' (as in [i]then[/i]). Only at the beginning of a word is it the same as English 'd' for [i]dog[/i]. I hope to soon make a seperate "pronunciation" thread with more detail. ENGLISH- [b]DANISH[/b] [i]PRONUNCIATION[/i] hello- [b]hej/god dag[/b] [i]hei/go de[/i] bye- [b]hav det godt[/b] [i]he de got[/i] yes- [b]ja[/b] [i]ye[/i] no- [b]nej[/b] [i]ny[/i] maybe- [b]måske[/b] [i]moske[/i] of course- [b]naturligvis[/b] [i]neturlivis[/i] excuse me- [b]undskyld[/b] [i]onskewl[/i] please- [b]vær så venlig[/b] [i]ver so venli[/i] thank you (very much)- [b](mange) tak[/b] [i](mange) tak[/i] that's alright- [b]det er i orden[/b] [i]de e i ord'n[/i] you're welcome- [b]ingen årsag[/b] [i]ingen orse[/i], [b]selv tak[/b] [i]sel tak[/i], [b]det var så lidt[/b] [i]de va so lit[/i] how are you- [b]hvordan har du det[/b] [i]vorden ha du de[/i] fine, (thanks)- [b](tak,) godt[/b] [i](tak,) got[/i] and you- [b]og du[/b] [i]o du[/i] how - [b]hvordan[/b] [i]vorden[/i] how much/many- [b]hvor meget/mange[/b] [i]vor meye(d)/mange[/i] what- [b]hvad[/b] [i]va(d)[/i] what is it/this- [b]hvad er det/det her[/b] [i]vad e de/de hir[/i] what's your name- [b]hvad hedder du[/b] [i]va hithor du[/i] my name is- [b]jeg hedder...[/b] [i]y-eye hithor[/i] ('eye' isn't phonetic, but 'eye' as in the body part) when- [b]hvornår[/b] [i]vornor[/i] what time is it- [b]hvad tid er det[/b] [i]va ti[d] e de[/i] where- [b]hvor[/b] [i]vor[/i] where are you from- [b]hvor kommer du fra[/b] [i]vor kommor du fra[/i] I am from...- [b]jeg er fra...[/b] [i]y-eye e fra[/i] are you Danish?- [b]er du dansker?[/b] [i]e du denskor?[/i] do you speak English?- [b]taler du engelsk?[/b] [i]teyla du engelsk?[/i] who- [b]hvem[/b] [i]vem[/i] who is that- [b]hvem er det (der)[/b] [i]vem e de (der)[/i] why- [b]hvorfor[/b] [i]vorfor[/i] because- [b]fordi[/b] [i]fordi[/i] I'd like...- [b]jeg vil gerne ha...[/b] [i]y-eye vil gerne he...[/i] I (don't) understand- [b]jeg forstår det (ikke)[/b] [i]y-eye forstor de (ige)[/i] do you understand- [b]kan du forstå det[/b] [i]ken du forstor de[/i] here you go- [b]værsgå[/b] [i]versgo[/i] just a moment- [b]lige et øjeblik[/b] [i]li it oyeblig[/i] | |
| Freja | Wednesday 02nd of March 2005 01:38:13 PM |
| Corrections and such - you're welcome - ingen årsag / selv tak / det var så lidt "Det er i orden" would be something like "that's all right" where are you from - hvor kommer du fra? | |
| Twizzla | Wednesday 02nd of March 2005 04:34:17 PM |
| - nice work Ulven. Do say "do you speak English?", could one not just say "Taler du engelsk?" | |
