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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 4: What do you do? 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 What do you do? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: hvad |
| Becky: meaning “what” in English. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) hvad |
| Becky: Listen again and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad |
| {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: laver |
| Becky: meaning in this case “doing”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) laver |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: laver |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad laver |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Next is |
| Loke: du |
| Becky: meaning “you”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) du |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: du |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad laver du |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What do you do? |
| Loke: Jeg er lærer. |
| Becky: "I'm a teacher”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Jeg er lærer. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: jeg |
| Becky: means “I”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) jeg |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: jeg |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: er |
| Becky: meaning in this case “am”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) er |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: er |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Next is |
| Loke: lærer |
| Becky: meaning “teacher”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) lærer |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: lærer |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “I'm a teacher”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Jeg er lærer. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To make another phrase, replace teacher with singer. |
| Loke: sanger |
| Becky: singer |
| Loke: (slow) sanger (regular) sanger |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with singer |
| Loke: Jeg er sanger. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace teacher. Say “I'm a singer”. |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg er sanger. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace singer with artist. |
| Loke: kunstner |
| Becky: artist |
| Loke: (slow) kunstner (regular) kunstner |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with artist |
| Loke: Jeg er kunstner. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace singer. Say “I'm an artist”. |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg er kunstner. |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace artist with banker. |
| Loke: bankmand |
| Becky: banker |
| Loke: (slow) bankmand (regular) bankmand |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with banker |
| Loke: Jeg er bankmand. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace artist. Say “I'm a banker.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg er bankmand. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks what you do. You are a teacher. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg er lærer. |
| Becky: Imagine you are a singer. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg er sanger. |
| Becky: Imagine you are an artist. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg er kunstner. |
| Becky: Imagine you're a banker. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg er bankmand. |
| Becky: Now you want to learn what that person does. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
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