Learn how to ask what someone is doing
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| Introduction |
| Sydney: Welcome to 3-Minute Danish Season 1, Lesson 12 - Asking What Someone is Doing. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask and answer the question "What are you doing?" in Danish. |
| Body |
| Sydney: Here's the way to ask "What are you doing?" in Danish. |
| Asger: [Normal] Hvad laver du? |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "what" |
| Asger: [Normal] hvad [Slow] hvad |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "doing" |
| Asger: [Normal] laver [Slow] laver |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "you" |
| Asger: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Sydney: Note the rising intonation. Listen again to the question meaning "What are you doing?" |
| Asger: [Slow] Hvad laver du? [Normal] Hvad laver du? |
| Sydney: Here's the way to answer, "I'm reading." |
| Asger: [Normal] Jeg læser. |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "I" |
| Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "reading" |
| Asger: [Normal] læser [Slow] læser |
| Sydney: Listen again to the response meaning "I'm reading." |
| Asger: [Slow] Jeg læser. [Normal] Jeg læser. |
| Sydney: Here's a way to ask "What are you reading?" |
| Asger: [Normal] Hvad læser du? |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "what" |
| Asger: [Normal] hvad [Slow] hvad |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "reading" |
| Asger: [Normal] læser [Slow] læser |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "you" |
| Asger: [Normal] du [Slow] du |
| Sydney: Listen again to the question, "What are you reading?" |
| Asger: [Slow] Hvad læser du? [Normal] Hvad læser du? |
| Sydney: Here's a response meaning, "I'm reading a magazine." |
| Asger: [Normal] Jeg læser et blad. |
| Sydney: First is a word meaning "I" |
| Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "reading" |
| Asger: [Normal] læser [Slow] læser |
| Sydney: Next is the word meaning "a" |
| Asger: [Normal] et [Slow] et |
| Sydney: Last is the word meaning "magazine" |
| Asger: [Normal] blad [Slow] blad |
| Sydney: Listen again to the response, "I'm reading a magazine." |
| Asger: [Slow] Jeg læser et blad. [Normal] Jeg læser et blad. |
| Cultural Insight |
| Sydney: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight. |
| Asger: You ask someone what they are doing when you want to know what they are doing right now, but also if you want to find out if they are busy at the moment. If they are not doing anything, they might answer Ikke noget or Ikke noget særligt, which literally means "Not anything" or "Not anything special." They might also simply say Ingenting, which means "Nothing." |
Outro |
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| 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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