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Lesson Transcript

Introduction
Sydney: Welcome to 3-Minute Danish Season 1, Lesson 16 - Asking Directions. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and understand basic directions in Danish.
Body
Sydney: Here's the way to ask "Where is the station?" in Danish.
Asger: [Normal] Hvor er stationen?
Sydney: First is a word meaning "where"
Asger: [Normal] hvor [Slow] hvor
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "is"
Asger: [Normal] er [Slow] er
Sydney: Last is the phrase meaning "the station"
Asger: [Normal] stationen [Slow] stationen
Sydney: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning "Where is the station?"
Asger: [Slow] Hvor er stationen? [Normal] Hvor er stationen?
Sydney: Now, imagine you're giving indications. Here's the way to say, "Go straight."
Asger: [Normal] Gå ligeud.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "walk"
Asger: [Normal] gå [Slow] gå
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "straight"
Asger: [Normal] ligeud [Slow] ligeud
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "Go straight."
Asger: [Slow] Gå ligeud. [Normal] Gå ligeud.
Sydney: Here's a phrase meaning "Turn right."
Asger: [Normal] Drej til højre.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "turn"
Asger: [Normal] drej [Slow] drej
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "to"
Asger: [Normal] til [Slow] til
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "right"
Asger: [Normal] højre [Slow] højre
Sydney: Listen again to the response, "Turn right."
Asger: [Slow] Drej til højre. [Normal] Drej til højre.
Sydney: Finally is a phrase meaning, "Turn left."
Asger: [Normal] Drej til venstre.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "turn"
Asger: [Normal] drej [Slow] drej
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "to"
Asger: [Normal] til [Slow] til
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "left"
Asger: [Normal] venstre [Slow] venstre
Sydney: Listen again to the response, "Turn left."
Asger: [Slow] Drej til venstre. [Normal] Drej til venstre.
Cultural Insight
Sydney: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Asger: Danes are happy to help you out the best they can if you ask them for directions. Many will most likely use hand gestures and point or wave in the direction you need to go to make sure you better understand each other.

Outro
Sydney: And that’s all for this lesson. Don’t forget to check out the lesson notes, and we’ll see you in the next lesson!
Asger: På gensyn!

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