Phrases in Danish. Danish phrasebook. Greetings, general expressions

Hi all! My name is Lyudmila Saunina, which means you are on the Denmark channel with Lyudmila Saunina. I am glad to welcome you to my channel. And the topic of today’s conversation will also be somewhat unusual – the Danish language.

You know, I literally succumbed to your pressure. I understand that you are interested in hearing some words in Danish, but since I am just learning, since I am not a native speaker of Danish, naturally, I cannot vouch for 100% correct pronunciation. But since you write that this is not important to you, that you don’t want to hear the Danish language as much as I do, I thought about this question. For about three months I did not respond to your requests. I am surprised and pleased that you want to hear some words spoken by me in Danish. I want to warn you that I am not the ultimate truth in the field of the Danish language, I am just learning. I am not a native Danish speaker, so it is natural that I may pronounce some words a little differently from how the Danes speak, due to the fact that I convey sounds somewhat differently. I try to imitate like a parrot, but perhaps it doesn’t always work out 100% correctly. Denmark, although it is small and compact, also has its own dialects, which are very well understood by people living in different areas.

And the best way to start today’s lesson is, of course, with a greeting. When we meet each other, we say: “Hello!” In Danish it's "Hej!" or "Hejsa!" If we disagree, then I tell you: “Bye”, in Danish it is “Hej hej!” And “Goodbye” is “Farvel!” There is another option for saying goodbye - this is “See you!” In Danish it's "Vi ses!"

I hope you enjoyed this surprise. Finally, I have matured enough for him. And the next lessons, I believe, are best done in the format of video dictionaries. It will be easier for me and, probably, for you. Naturally, I will not explain to you grammar or any rules of the Danish language, because I do not consider this appropriate on this channel. To do this you need to grow to another level. For now, I still have to study and study myself. At least what I know, the information that I know 100%, I will be happy to share with you.

Well, my dears, if you liked it, then give it a thumbs up. See you in the next videos. Bye!

Language in Greenland

State the language in Greenland is Greenlandic(Greenlandic Eskimo language, Kalaallisut).

The language is divided into three very different dialects - Western, Eastern and North Greenlandic.

The Greenlandic alphabet consists of 19 letters and is based on the Latin alphabet.

The total number of Greenlandic language speakers is about 56 thousand people, of which about 49 thousand people are in Greenland, about 7 thousand in Denmark outside Greenland. The rest of Greenland's population, many Danes and other Europeans, speak it as a second language. For all Greenlanders it is the main, and for many, the only language of communication. Also, almost all Greenlanders speak Danish, since until 2009 it was the second language official language Greenland. Many Greenlanders, especially young people, speak English.

Learning Greenlandic is not an easy language, as the words are very long and vowel sounds are often swallowed. Try saying typical words like Uteqqipugut or Ittoqqortoormiit.

They even say that the Greenlandic language looks like a two-year-old child trying to type text on a typewriter, so it is simply not recommended to try to copy the local speech or use any dictionaries - correct pronunciation for a European it is still practically impossible, and it is very easy to distort the true meaning of the word.

But it’s still better to learn a few words of the local dialect - this will help you get to know the “real Greenland” better.

There should be no problems with communication in tourist centers, since many people speak 2-3 European languages ​​fluently.

Danish language has three dialects: Danish Island, East Danish and Jutlandic.

Modern Danish literary language developed around the eighteenth century. It arose from the dialects of Zealandia. For the modern Danish language, in which there is an analytical structure, in phonetics characteristic features is the presence of short and long vowel phonemes. Danish has only short consonants. All voiceless consonants can be aspirated or unaspirated. The stress is forceful and usually falls on the root syllable. Sounds are sometimes emphasized in a jerky manner. Danish nouns are plural and singular, article, neuter and common gender, genitive and common case. The article comes in several forms: it can be a separate word in the form of a free definite or indefinite article, as well as part of a word, in the form of a suffixed definite article. In Danish, adjectives agree with the noun they define in gender and number, but do not agree in case.

Personal pronouns can have a subjective and objective case; third-person forms, that is, the former genitive case, appear only as attractive pronouns. Danish verbs have two simple tenses and six complex tenses, active and passive voice, subjunctive, imperative and indicative. Danish verbs do not change in numbers and persons. In a Danish sentence, the subject and predicate have a specific place in the sentence. For nouns and adjectives, word formation is formed by suffixation, and for nouns and verbs, by prefixation; in addition, new words can be formed by compounding.