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Marja Saturday 16th of October 2004 02:24:04 AM
Danish - I am interested in learning Danish and wondered what websites are recommended for getting started with basic phrases and pronunciation. Seeing as though I currently know no Danish whatsoever, any help would be appreciated! :) Thanks! x

Stine Saturday 16th of October 2004 04:42:48 AM
- Have you tried www.speakdanish.dk ?
I have tried (not that I need it), but just to check it. Sometimes I can't even hear what they say. At a time they said "At hedde" (to be called) and I somehow thought they said "Et helvede" (A hell). However, I guess it's okay :)
If you have any questions, feel free to ask :)

Pas på dig selv,
Freja

Marja Saturday 16th of October 2004 03:25:38 PM
- Will do! Thanks for the feedback Freja!:)

Stine Sunday 17th of October 2004 03:48:15 AM
- Any time! :)

Marja Sunday 17th of October 2004 03:53:25 PM
- By the way, I love the Nordic doll! She's really cool! :)

Stine Monday 18th of October 2004 12:24:59 AM
- Hehe, thank you ;) Yeah, she is :D

shirishir Tuesday 23rd of November 2004 06:51:18 PM
learn danish - hello, im also new in learning danish and i must say it isnt easy. i tried speakdanish site and it is too fast for beginners...well he i feel this way anyway ... but maybe it is just me?? mmm anyway i would like to get some help with it and any questions in hebrew i will be happy to help too

Stine Thursday 25th of November 2004 06:04:45 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by shirishir[/i]

hello, im also new in learning danish and i must say it isnt easy. i tried speakdanish site and it is too fast for beginners...well he i feel this way anyway ... but maybe it is just me?? mmm anyway i would like to get some help with it and any questions in hebrew i will be happy to help too
[/quote]

Hej,
okay, it's too fast. Well, at least you can hear how the letters are pronounced or something ;) I can't always hear what they say, so..
I would like to help you, feel free to ask any questions :)

Hav det godt,
Freja

andrea29 Saturday 25th of December 2004 02:25:18 AM
- hej, I've learnt some danish (after living there for a while) and found that website to be very good but only after you've learnt how to pronounce danish first. And I've found no other website that properly does that. Danish is nearly impossible to find out how to prononce without a danish person telling you. Without moving to denmark or finding a danish person for lessons, 'danish in 3 months' is quite good for a guide to speaking (out of print but old copies are available from amazon). A friend recommended berlitz but I think that can be pretty expensive. Held og lykke!

Jenkie Sunday 26th of December 2004 04:55:13 PM
- This is an excellent site as well,

http://www.geocities.com/tsca.geo/dansk/

It explains the danish grammar very well and there's almost everything you wanna know about it. It requires that you know all the grammatical expressions and are pretty familiar with the English grammar though, however if you like studying grammar, this site is great.

Brita Monday 27th of December 2004 04:37:09 PM
- the site jenkie posted, http://www.geocities.com/tsca.geo/dansk/ is great, i am halfway through it and while i'm not ready to strike up conversation yet, i'm finding it very useful in explaining how to form my own sentances!!! and provides the grounding i got when learning french in school, too, which is what i think is helpful.
as for pronounciation, i did a search on google and got a few sites which help, though i guess it also helps that i've heard my dad speak it a bit when i was younger. speakdanish.dk doesnt work for me, the sound comes out with huge pauses/gaps.

Twizzla Sunday 02nd of January 2005 06:57:23 PM
- [quote][i]Originally posted by Brita[/i]
speakdanish.dk doesnt work for me, the sound comes out with huge pauses/gaps.[/quote]

Do you use Mozilla Firefox? I find that they skip in Firefox, but play properly in Internet Explorer. Which sux, because IE is crap :)

Brita Monday 03rd of January 2005 06:50:22 PM
- wow great !!! thanks twizzla, yes i do use firefox!!!!
ill have to try it out later in ie!! (too sleepy tonight)

Ulven Saturday 23rd of April 2005 04:18:48 PM
- Native Danes, does the dialogue on 'speakdanish.dk' sound natural to you guys? They sound like they're deliberately trying to be difficult to comprehend. Like they're going out of their way to not pronounce words. They miss many words altogether. I can't stand them. They annoy the life out of me. There's no beauty in those accents. urghh!

Hvordan ser ud det til dig, det samtale på 'speakdanish.dk'? Det lyder ikke naturlig til mig. De er ikke smukt overhovedhet at lytter til. Jeg hader at lytte til dem. urghh!

:Dlol

Stine Sunday 24th of April 2005 07:34:31 PM
- Ulveven, jeg er enig! Nogle gange kan jeg ikke engang forstå, hvad de siger, hmm.. Deres accent! Få dem væk, hehe :D

BurningShadow Tuesday 17th of May 2005 04:56:36 AM
- You might want to try:

http://travlang.com/languages/

Just select Danish. I just cheked it, and it somewhat easy to hear what they are saying. There's just one little thing; It's _very_ basic, but atleast you can hear how our language sounds, and that might be a help.

I'm using it myself, for Icelandic.

Phrasebase Archive
	Marja	Saturday 16th of October 2004 02:24:04 AM
	Danish - I am interested in learning Danish and wondered what websites are recommended for getting started with basic phrases and pronunciation. Seeing as though I currently know no Danish whatsoever, any help would be appreciated! :) Thanks! x
	Stine	Saturday 16th of October 2004 04:42:48 AM
	- Have you tried www.speakdanish.dk ? I have tried (not that I need it), but just to check it. Sometimes I can't even hear what they say. At a time they said "At hedde" (to be called) and I somehow thought they said "Et helvede" (A hell). However, I guess it's okay :) If you have any questions, feel free to ask :) Pas på dig selv, Freja
	Marja	Saturday 16th of October 2004 03:25:38 PM
	- Will do! Thanks for the feedback Freja!:)
	Stine	Sunday 17th of October 2004 03:48:15 AM
	- Any time! :)
	Marja	Sunday 17th of October 2004 03:53:25 PM
	- By the way, I love the Nordic doll! She's really cool! :)
	Stine	Monday 18th of October 2004 12:24:59 AM
	- Hehe, thank you ;) Yeah, she is :D
	shirishir	Tuesday 23rd of November 2004 06:51:18 PM
	learn danish - hello, im also new in learning danish and i must say it isnt easy. i tried speakdanish site and it is too fast for beginners...well he i feel this way anyway ... but maybe it is just me?? mmm anyway i would like to get some help with it and any questions in hebrew i will be happy to help too
	Stine	Thursday 25th of November 2004 06:04:45 PM
	- [quote][i]Originally posted by shirishir[/i] hello, im also new in learning danish and i must say it isnt easy. i tried speakdanish site and it is too fast for beginners...well he i feel this way anyway ... but maybe it is just me?? mmm anyway i would like to get some help with it and any questions in hebrew i will be happy to help too [/quote] Hej, okay, it's too fast. Well, at least you can hear how the letters are pronounced or something ;) I can't always hear what they say, so.. I would like to help you, feel free to ask any questions :) Hav det godt, Freja
	andrea29	Saturday 25th of December 2004 02:25:18 AM
	- hej, I've learnt some danish (after living there for a while) and found that website to be very good but only after you've learnt how to pronounce danish first. And I've found no other website that properly does that. Danish is nearly impossible to find out how to prononce without a danish person telling you. Without moving to denmark or finding a danish person for lessons, 'danish in 3 months' is quite good for a guide to speaking (out of print but old copies are available from amazon). A friend recommended berlitz but I think that can be pretty expensive. Held og lykke!
	Jenkie	Sunday 26th of December 2004 04:55:13 PM
	- This is an excellent site as well, http://www.geocities.com/tsca.geo/dansk/ It explains the danish grammar very well and there's almost everything you wanna know about it. It requires that you know all the grammatical expressions and are pretty familiar with the English grammar though, however if you like studying grammar, this site is great.
	Brita	Monday 27th of December 2004 04:37:09 PM
	- the site jenkie posted, http://www.geocities.com/tsca.geo/dansk/ is great, i am halfway through it and while i'm not ready to strike up conversation yet, i'm finding it very useful in explaining how to form my own sentances!!! and provides the grounding i got when learning french in school, too, which is what i think is helpful. as for pronounciation, i did a search on google and got a few sites which help, though i guess it also helps that i've heard my dad speak it a bit when i was younger. speakdanish.dk doesnt work for me, the sound comes out with huge pauses/gaps.
	Twizzla	Sunday 02nd of January 2005 06:57:23 PM
	- [quote][i]Originally posted by Brita[/i] speakdanish.dk doesnt work for me, the sound comes out with huge pauses/gaps.[/quote] Do you use Mozilla Firefox? I find that they skip in Firefox, but play properly in Internet Explorer. Which sux, because IE is crap :)
	Brita	Monday 03rd of January 2005 06:50:22 PM
	- wow great !!! thanks twizzla, yes i do use firefox!!!! ill have to try it out later in ie!! (too sleepy tonight)
	Ulven	Saturday 23rd of April 2005 04:18:48 PM
	- Native Danes, does the dialogue on 'speakdanish.dk' sound natural to you guys? They sound like they're deliberately trying to be difficult to comprehend. Like they're going out of their way to not pronounce words. They miss many words altogether. I can't stand them. They annoy the life out of me. There's no beauty in those accents. urghh! Hvordan ser ud det til dig, det samtale på 'speakdanish.dk'? Det lyder ikke naturlig til mig. De er ikke smukt overhovedhet at lytter til. Jeg hader at lytte til dem. urghh! :Dlol
	Stine	Sunday 24th of April 2005 07:34:31 PM
	- Ulveven, jeg er enig! Nogle gange kan jeg ikke engang forstå, hvad de siger, hmm.. Deres accent! Få dem væk, hehe :D
	BurningShadow	Tuesday 17th of May 2005 04:56:36 AM
	- You might want to try: http://travlang.com/languages/ Just select Danish. I just cheked it, and it somewhat easy to hear what they are saying. There's just one little thing; It's _very_ basic, but atleast you can hear how our language sounds, and that might be a help. I'm using it myself, for Icelandic.