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Introduction
Sydney: Welcome to 3-Minute Danish Season 1, Lesson 25 - On the Phone. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to understand the basic vocabulary on the phone in Danish.
Body
Sydney: Here's the way to say "Hello." when answering the phone in Danish.
Asger: [Normal] Hallo.
Sydney: This expression has only one word, meaning "hello," and is very similar to English.
Asger: [Normal] hallo [Slow] hallo
Sydney: Listen again to the word meaning "Hello."
Asger: [Slow] Hallo. [Normal] Hallo.
Sydney: Ok, now let's see the way to say "This is Malene."
Asger: [Normal] Det er Malene.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "it"
Asger: [Normal] det [Slow] det
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "is"
Asger: [Normal] er [Slow] er
Sydney: Last is the person’s name "Malene"
Asger: [Normal] Malene [Slow] Malene
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "This is Malene."
Asger: [Slow] Det er Malene. [Normal] Det er Malene.
Sydney: Following is the way to say "May I talk to Alan?"
Asger: [Normal] Må jeg snakke med Alan?
Sydney: First is a word meaning "may"
Asger: [Normal] må [Slow] må
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "I"
Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "talk"
Asger: [Normal] snakke [Slow] snakke
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "with"
Asger: [Normal] med [Slow] med
Sydney: Last is the person’s name "Alan"
Asger: [Normal] Alan [Slow] Alan
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "May I talk to Alan?"
Asger: [Slow] Må jeg snakke med Alan? [Normal] Må jeg snakke med Alan?
Sydney: Finally is a way to say "I'll call again later."
Asger: [Normal] Jeg ringer igen senere.
Sydney: First is a word meaning "I"
Asger: [Normal] jeg [Slow] jeg
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "call"
Asger: [Normal] ringer [Slow] ringer
Sydney: Next is the word meaning "again"
Asger: [Normal] igen [Slow] igen
Sydney: Last is the word meaning "later"
Asger: [Normal] senere [Slow] senere
Sydney: Listen again to the phrase meaning "I'll call again later."
Asger: [Slow] Jeg ringer igen senere. [Normal] Jeg ringer igen senere.
Cultural Insight
Sydney: Now it's time for a quick cultural insight.
Asger: Like many other languages, Danish might be even more difficult to understand when on the phone. People tend to speak faster and background noise and mumbling won't make it any easier. Depending on the conversation, listen for keywords in order to understand the whole conversation. These might be places or specific times. Also, remember to say something like "bye" or "see you" before hanging up. Hej hej or vi ses.

Outro

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

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