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sounds almost like our
th
; for example,
mad
(food) sounds like “math.” In the
phonetics, Ī/ī sounds like the long
i
sound in “light.”
Hello. (
formal
)
Goddag.
goh-DAY
Hi./Bye.
(informal)
Hej./Hej-hej.
hī/hī-hī
Do you speak English?
Taler du engelsk?
TAY-lehr doo ENG-elsk
Yes./No.
Ja./Nej.
yeah/nī
Please. (May I?)
*
Kan jeg?
kan yī
Please. (Can you?)
*
Kan du?
kan doo
Please. (Would you?)
*
Vil du?
veel doo
Thank you (very much).
(Tusind) tak.
(Too-sin) tack
You're welcome.
Selv tak.
sehl tack
Can I help (you)?
Kan jeg hiælpe (dig)?
kan yī YEHL-peh (dī)
Excuse me. (to pass)
Undskyld mig.
OON-skewl mī
Excuse me. (Can you help
me?)
Kan du hjælpe mig?
kan doo YEHL-peh mī
(Very) good.
(Meget) godt.
(MĪ-ehl) goht
Goodbye.
Farvel.
fah-VEHL
one/two
en/to
een/toh
three/four
tre/fire
tray/feer
five/six
fem/seks
fehm/sehks
seven/eight
syv/otte
syew/OH-deh
nine/ten
ni/ti
nee/tee
hundred
hundrede
HOON-reh
thousand
tusind
TOO-sin
How much?
Hvor meget?
vor MĪ-ehl
local currency: (Danish)
crown
(Danske) kroner
(DAHN-skeh) KROH-nah