Language tips - Denmark Video Transcripts
Video 1 Transcript
Don't be afraid when you get to Denmark just to speak and to get things wrong because that's really the best way to learn is just to open your mouth. Also Danish people speak the best English like the younger generation their English is impeccable so if you're going to try and speak Danish to them they can teach you so much.
Video 2 Transcript
Do not be afraid to make mistakes. Speak it. Read it. Write it. Do as much as you can in the Danish language. There's only one way to really get better at something, and that's by practice. And ask for criticism. Ask Danes, hey, am I saying this right? And as an added bonus, do it on the bus. You might start a conversation with someone that you never know.
Video 3 Transcript
Grammatically, Danish is essentially just English grammar. You know, they just kind of invert some of their words sometimes. It's very simple in that way. The hardest part about Danish is the pronunciation. That's what makes it one of the hardest languages in the world is just pronouncing it. The best thing to do is to really speak the language as much as you can and really just focus on your pronunciation and really just enunciate. If you can find like a that teaches you how to like shape your tongue when you're pronouncing certain words, that's probably the best thing to practice. And then just speak it, speak it, speak it.
Video 4 Transcript
Listen to Danes. Don't worry about trying to pronounce every letter in the words. A lot of times when we speak other languages, I can read 17 languages and speak a few of them. We try to pronounce every letter in the words. Just don't do that. Sikker. S-I-K-K-E-R means sure. Sikker. Just swallow that R. You don't say seeker. Never ever say er. Er isn't a sound in Denmark. Danish is one of the few languages that has the real ah sound like apple. And so, yes, you will hear that sound. All over the country they speak differently. Igge means not. Iggesand means isn't that true? Or igge means isn't that true? Or igge means isn't that true? It depends on where you are in Denmark. Don't worry about those differences. Don't worry about pronouncing every letter. Listen to the Danes where you are and have them help you and correct you.
Video 5 Transcript
We had a rule that we speak Danish from 9 in the morning to 9 at night, and I hated it so much when I started, but then it wasn't until I really began to practice that that I learned the language. It's just about speaking it and listening to it as much as you can. You're never gonna sound particularly good, it's kind of an impossible language in that way, but as long as you're trying, you're actively trying to speak it as much as you can, it will help. And just like put into practice the things that you're hearing, so if you're hearing people using the words a specific way, ask them about it and then use it in your own speech. Helped me. Then I have very great Danish maybe. I'm a terrible example, but...