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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 16: How are you? in Danish |
| In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Danish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question How are you? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: hvordan |
| Becky: meaning “how” in English. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) hvordan |
| Becky: Listen again and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Loke: har |
| Becky: meaning “have”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) har |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: har |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan har |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: du |
| Becky: meaning “you”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) du |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: du |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan har du |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Next is |
| Loke: det |
| Becky: meaning “it”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) det |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: det |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan har du det? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How are you? |
| Loke: Jeg har det fint. |
| Becky: "I'm fine”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Jeg har det fint. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: jeg |
| Becky: meaning “I”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) jeg |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: jeg |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: har |
| Becky: meaning “have”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) har |
| Becky:Now repeat. |
| Loke: har |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: det |
| Becky: meaning in this case “it”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) det |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: det |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: fint |
| Becky: meaning “fine”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) fint |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: fint |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “I'm fine.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Jeg har det fint. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace fine with good. |
| Loke: godt |
| Becky: good |
| Loke: (slow) godt (regular) godt |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with good |
| Loke: Jeg har det godt. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace fine. Say “I'm good.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg har det godt. |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace good with not so well. |
| Loke: ikke så godt |
| Becky: not so well |
| Loke: (slow) ikke så godt (regular) ikke så godt |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with not so well |
| Loke: Jeg har det ikke så godt. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace good. Say “I'm not so well.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg har det ikke så godt. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace not so well with much better. |
| Loke: meget bedre |
| Becky: much better |
| Loke: (slow) meget bedre (regular) meget bedre |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with much better |
| Loke: Jeg har det meget bedre. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace not so well. Say “I'm much better.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg har det meget bedre. |
| Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you how you are. You are fine. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? (five seconds) Jeg har det fint. |
| Becky: Now imagine you are good. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? (five seconds) Jeg har det godt. |
| Becky: Imagine you are not so well. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? (five seconds) Jeg har det ikke så godt. |
| Becky: Imagine you're much better. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? (five seconds) Jeg har det meget bedre. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone how they are doing. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Loke: Hvordan har du det? |
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