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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 5: Do you speak 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 Do you speak Danish? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: taler |
| Becky: meaning in this case “speak”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) taler |
| Becky: Listen again and repeat. |
| Loke: taler |
| {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: du |
| Becky: meaning “you”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) du |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: du |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: taler du |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: dansk |
| Becky: meaning “Danish”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) dansk |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: dansk |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Do you speak Danish? |
| Loke: Ja, en smule. |
| Becky: "Yes, a bit”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Ja, en smule. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To say "no", in a simple way, just say: |
| Loke: Nej. Jeg taler ikke dansk. |
| Becky: Which is like saying “No. I don't speak Danish.” in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Loke: (Slowly) Nej. Jeg taler ikke dansk. |
| Becky: And one more time at normal speed: |
| Loke: Nej. Jeg taler ikke dansk. |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: ja |
| Becky: means “yes”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) ja |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: ja |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: en |
| Becky: meaning “a”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) en |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: en |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: smule |
| Becky: meaning “bit”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) smule |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: smule |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “Yes, a bit.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Ja, en smule. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace a bit with fluently. |
| Loke: flydende |
| Becky: fluently |
| Loke: (slow) flydende (regular) flydende |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with fluently |
| Loke: Ja, flydende. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘a bit’. Say “Yes, fluently.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Ja, flydende. |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace fluently with I speak Danish. |
| Loke: Ja, jeg taler dansk |
| Becky: Yes, I speak Danish |
| Loke: (slow) Ja, jeg taler dansk (regular) Ja, jeg taler dansk |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with I speak Danish |
| Loke: Ja, jeg taler dansk. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace fluently. Say “Yes, I speak Danish.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Ja, jeg taler dansk. |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace ‘I speak Danish’ with ‘a tiny bit.’ |
| Loke: en lille bitte smule |
| Becky: a tiny bit |
| Loke: (slow) en lille bitte smule (regular) en lille bitte smule |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with ‘a tiny bit’ |
| Loke: Ja, en lille bitte smule. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace ‘I speak Danish.’ Say “Yes, a tiny bit.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Ja, en lille bitte smule. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you if you speak Danish . You want to answer that you speak a bit of Danish. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? (five seconds) Ja, en smule. |
| Becky: Now you want to answer that you speak Danish fluently. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? (five seconds) Ja, flydende. |
| Becky: Now you want to answer that you speak Danish. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? (five seconds) Ja, jeg taler dansk. |
| Becky: Now you want to answer that you speak a tiny bit. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? (five seconds) Ja, en lille bitte smule. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone if they speak Danish. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Loke: Taler du dansk? |
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