How Do You Eat This Danish Food?

Learn how to ask, "How do you eat this?"

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Lesson Transcript

INTRODUCTION

In Denmark, there are many delicious dishes! We've already covered how to order them, but now it’s time to learn how to eat them! That is not always so obvious. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to ask, “How do you eat this?"

GRAMMAR POINT

In Danish, “How do you eat this?” is

Hvordan spiser man det her?

Let’s break it down:

(slow) Hvordan spiser man det her?

Once more:

Hvordan spiser man det her?

The first word, hvordan, means “how.” When this word is followed by a verb, it gets the meaning of “how do”

(slow) Hvordan.

Hvordan.

Then we have spiser man, which literally is “eat you” but translates as “you eat”

(slow) Spiser man.

Spiser man.

The Det her at the end is the neutral form of “this”

(slow) Det her.

Det her.

The whole question once more is:

Hvordan spiser man det her?

Usually, it is easy to understand how a certain Danish dish has to be eaten, yet if you’re dealing with traditional meals, then things might get a little bit complicated. Also, you have to know that pork meat is very common for Danish dishes. This will make the food heavy. When you are worried about calories, here is a useful phrase for you.

The question "Is this dish very heavy?" in Danish is

Er denne ret meget tung?

Let’s break it down:

(slow) Er denne ret meget tung ?

Once more:

Er denne ret meget tung?

The first words, er denne , mean “is this”.

(slow) Er denne.

Er denne.

Next we have ret, which is “dish”.

(slow) Ret.

Ret.

After that we have meget which means “very”.

(slow) Meget.

Meget.

And at the end comes the word tung which means “heavy”

(slow) Tung.

Tung.

All together, it becomes

(slow) Er denne ret meget tung?

Er denne ret meget tung?

The whole phrase literally means

“Is this dish very heavy?”

And can be used in the exactly same way as English, to imply fatty and filling.

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