Learn to ask "How are you?"
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| Introduction |
| Sydney: Welcome to 3-Minute Danish Season 1, Lesson 4 - Asking How Someone Is. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question "How are you?" in Danish. |
| Body |
| Sydney: Here's the way to ask "How are you?" in Danish. |
| Asger: [Normal] Hvordan har du det? |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "how" |
| Asger: [Normal] hvordan [Slow] hvordan |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "have" |
| Asger: [Normal] har [Slow] har |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "you" |
| Asger: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "it" |
| Asger: [Normal] det [Slow] det |
| Sydney: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning "How are you?" |
| Asger: [Slow] Hvordan har du det? [Normal] Hvordan har du det? |
| Sydney: Here's the way to ask, "How's it going?" |
| Asger: [Normal] Hvordan går det? |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "how" |
| Asger: [Normal] hvordan [Slow] hvordan |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "goes" |
| Asger: [Normal] går [Slow] går |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "it" |
| Asger: [Normal] det [Slow] det |
| Sydney: Note again the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning "How's it going?" |
| Asger: [Slow] Hvordan går det? [Normal] Hvordan går det? |
| Sydney: Here's a response meaning "I'm fine, thanks." |
| Asger: [Normal] Jeg har det godt, tak. |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "I" |
| Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "have" |
| Asger: [Normal] har [Slow] har |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "it" |
| Asger: [Normal] det [Slow] det |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "good" |
| Asger: [Normal] godt [Slow] godt |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "thanks" |
| Asger: [Normal] tak [Slow] tak |
| Sydney: Listen again to the response, "I'm fine, thanks." |
| Asger: [Slow] Jeg har det godt, tak. [Normal] Jeg har det godt, tak. |
| Sydney: Here's a response meaning, "Not so well." |
| Asger: [Normal] Ikke så godt. |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "not" |
| Asger: [Normal] ikke [Slow] ikke |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "so" |
| Asger: [Normal] så [Slow] så |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "good" |
| Asger: [Normal] godt [Slow] godt |
| Sydney: Listen again to the response, "Not so well." |
| Asger: [Slow] Ikke så godt. [Normal] Ikke så godt. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Sydney: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Asger: Most Danes tend to be vague when answering how they are, and they will usually start by saying that they are good or doing fine. This may be the truth, but depending on the speaker’s relationship and personalities, of course, the real answer to how they are doing might be elaborated on once they get the conversation going. |
Outro |
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| Sydney: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson! |
| Asger: På gensyn! |
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