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This community is a place where all people interested in learning Danish go! Here you will find and share advice, websites, or articles about the Danish language.

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Language learning resources

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please add more if you can!

General Information

If you are a native speaker, please do "AMA"s whenever you can, so many learners will profit from your answers. Also, if you find a news article or youtube video in Danish, please share it with us! If you are learning, ask any question on this page! If you ever have a burning question, please ask so that others will see it along with the answers. Remember, have fun learning, and share it among other Danish language enthusiasts!

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Copenhagen S-Train Danish announcement - what is it saying?

Can somebody please transcribe this announcement in Danish...?

English: Please keep an eye on your belongs and remember to take them with you when you leave the train.
Danish: ???
(It sounds like: Hanoi mi dinti...Aarhus takamol not nos kae...šŸ˜…)

13 Comments
2024/11/30
15:37 UTC

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Copenhagen Metro M2 line Danish announcement - what is it saying?

Can somebody please transcribe the following announcement in Danish?

English: This train terminates at...
Danish: ???
(It sounds like: "digital qua mo" šŸ˜…)

13 Comments
2024/11/27
14:44 UTC

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Turn lesson notes or transcripts into podcasts to stay engaged after lessons

Hey guys! Lately, Iā€™ve been trying out a beta feature that turns lesson content into custom audio podcasts for my students. Itā€™s been a game-changer for keeping students engaged and helping them revisit vocabulary naturally and practically between classes.

If youā€™d like to try it yourself, hereā€™s how it works for free:

  1. Go to langmagic.com and log in or sign up.

  2. In the left-hand menu (where youā€™ll find options like ā€œHomeā€ and ā€œChatGPT Promptsā€), look for the ā€œCreate Audio-Podcastā€ button in the bottom right corner.

  3. Click on it, and you will be redirected to a Google Form.

  4. Fill out all the required fields in the form.

  5. Within a few hours, you will receive your podcast via the email address you provided.

0 Comments
2024/11/27
13:06 UTC

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Online A1 Course for a Canadian

Does anyone know of any online courses similar to Studieskolen's that run at more accessible times for Canadians? Iā€™m trying to find a basic A1 Danish course that I can take in the evening in my time zone, but all Iā€™ve found so far are courses scheduled for CET evenings, which is during my work hours here in Canada. Iā€™ve been using Duolingo and a few other apps, but Iā€™d really like to take a more formal approach to learning the language. Any tips or recommendations would be super helpful!

5 Comments
2024/11/23
21:37 UTC

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Skipping Modules in Danish Lessons

Hej, I've just signed up for my free Danish course at Studieskolen in CPH. I'm in the DU3 courses. I'm wondering if I can skip modules if I learn the language fast enough. I'm trying to get fluent quickly to pass the final exam so I can study at a Danish university. I will ask the school, but its the weekend right now and I'm just wondering if anyone has had experience with this.

17 Comments
2024/11/23
08:07 UTC

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Question about word pronunciation

So Iā€™m doing the Pimsleur Danish lessons and I am on unit 2. It just introduced the word meget.

I donā€™t know if itā€™s my speakers or just the nature of the word, but I canā€™t quite catch it (it is only spoken if youā€™re not familiar, I had to look it up to get the spelling, which is not helpful).

It sounds like it could be similar to the way we pronounce ā€œmyā€ or ā€œmaiā€, so a vowel sound at the end, but it also sounds like it could end in an L like ā€œmalā€ or ā€œmallā€.

It obviously isnā€™t any of those precisely, and certainly not a sound familiar to most English speakers, but Iā€™m just trying to figure out what to do with my tongue. Do I put it in an L position or an I position? Something else?

36 Comments
2024/11/22
04:23 UTC

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I turned Ordnet.dk into a Danish pop-up dictionary for browser

20 Comments
2024/11/21
07:34 UTC

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Er jeg den eneste dansker her inde?

Am I the only dan in here?

9 Comments
2024/11/17
16:27 UTC

3

Learning danish from dutch

What are the best ways to learn danish? From a native Dutch speaker

12 Comments
2024/11/17
07:39 UTC

5

Learning Danish

Is there any shows or movies to watch in danish to help learn Danish for beginners?

I need like a Dora the explorer but for Danish.

14 Comments
2024/11/17
06:46 UTC

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tit vs ofte

Duoliongo question:
We are often having cozy times together.

Vi hygger os ___ sammen.

I put in tit, correct answer ofte. I feel like I'm owned a heart. Or is there a subtle difference.

4 Comments
2024/11/15
16:13 UTC

4

Et vs en??

Iā€™m learning danish via duolingo (itā€™s free!) and Iā€™m getting super frustrated because I cannot for the life of me figure out the difference between et and en. They are the exact same word!! I asked my grandma who was born there and is fluent in danish and she said that it even confuses kids in Denmark, so I guess Iā€™m not alone. Are there any tips and tricks youā€™ve learned that help you with it?

74 Comments
2024/11/11
18:51 UTC

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HjƦlp med samtaler

Jeg har lƦrte dansk omkring 3 Ć„r nu og er godt nok med at lƦse dansk, men jeg har en hĆ„rdt tid med samtaler og nĆ„r jeg lytter til dansk stadig fordi jeg har intet jeg kan Ćøve med. Er der nogen hvem hvil gerne snakker i dansk med mig? Eller er der nogen resources man kan anbefale til mig? Min mĆ„l er til bliver flydende, men jeg ikke vil gerne betale tutors til simpelthen snakke med mig

10 Comments
2024/11/08
17:12 UTC

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Similar vowels ā€“ how to differentiate

I cannot tell you how frustrated I am that my name includes both E and I and over the phone this led to many mistakes and errors :')

also O and ƅ sound the same to me?

do you know a video/audio that shows the nuances between these sounds?

8 Comments
2024/11/04
19:35 UTC

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Anyone writing the upcoming PD2 exam?

"Verbelister udleveres ved prĆøven" this was mentioned in the instructions of my PD 2 exam. Does anyone know what this list is?, any samples would be appreciated.

6 Comments
2024/11/03
20:27 UTC

9

Difference between taler and snaker?

41 Comments
2024/11/02
22:27 UTC

2

godt

Im confused.. why and when to use this word? I see it all the time before verbs but how does it change the sentence?

7 Comments
2024/11/01
02:49 UTC

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min kat DEN danser tango

min kat DEN har spidse Ćører og knurhĆ„r og hale

what is the function of this word in those sentences?

11 Comments
2024/10/30
19:55 UTC

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Og

Jeg er glad for, at du kommer og bor hos os.

Can you give me similar sentences where og is not used as ā€žandā€ but to connect two verbs that complement each other/follow one other naturally?

26 Comments
2024/10/29
20:10 UTC

2

Og

edit: mystery solved i just didnt think when reading the sentence below and got confused by the english translation that was correct šŸ˜†

Jeg er glad for, at du kommer og bor hos os.

Can you give me similar sentences where og is not used as ā€žandā€ but to connect two verbs that complement each other/follow one other naturally?

8 Comments
2024/10/29
20:10 UTC

0

Pronounced

Difficult to pronounce Ćø soft d and y

14 Comments
2024/10/28
17:09 UTC

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Sharing issen, a conversational language app I've been working on

Hej alle sammen! Iā€™ve been working on this app for the last few months and would love to get peopleā€™s thoughts on it. Itā€™s calledĀ issen, which is a personal, conversational AI language tutor for intermediate / advanced learners. It remembers who you are and naturally adapts the chats and lessons to your particular learning style and goals.

The idea came from my experience trying to learn French. Iā€™ve spent years at it going through many online tutors. I like the experience of a dedicated teacher a lot, but on top of being expensive and often a bit awkward, I move around a lot, so an in-person teacher is extremely hard for me to manage. I tried a bunch of language learning apps (Babbel, Duolingo, Rosetta Stone, etc.), but none of them really compared to having an actual teacher.

The idea forĀ issenĀ is for it to be that actual conversational teacher, accessible directly from your phone at any time.

You can check out the app atĀ issen.com. Please do let me know what you think, if you have any questions or feedback, or want to talk about language learning in general!

7 Comments
2024/10/26
00:41 UTC

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