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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 17: What time is it? in Danish |
| In each lesson of this 25 part series, you'll master a common question for Danish learners, and then learn how to answer it like a native. You'll learn how these key phrases work by breaking them down into each component. Then through repetition and new vocabulary, you'll expand your understanding of the question, its answers, and any variations. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn how to respond to the common question What time is it? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvad er klokken? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: hvad |
| Becky: meaning “what” in English. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) hvad |
| Becky: Listen again and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: This pattern of first introducing a word at natural speed, providing the translation, breaking it down, and then giving it again at natural speed will be repeated throughout the series. Try to speak aloud as often as possible. The next word in the question is |
| Loke: er |
| Becky: meaning in this case “is”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) er |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: er |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad er |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: klokken |
| Becky: meaning “time”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) klokken |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: klokken |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad er klokken? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What time is it? |
| Loke: Den er tolv (12). |
| Becky: "It's 12”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Den er tolv (12). |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: den |
| Becky: meaning in this case “it”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) den |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: den |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: er |
| Becky: meaning “is”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) er |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: er |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: tolv (12) |
| Becky: meaning 12. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) tolv (12) |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: tolv (12) |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “It's 12.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Den er tolv (12). |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace 12 with "8 in the evening". |
| Loke: otte (8) om aftenen |
| Becky: "8 in the evening" |
| Loke: (slow) otte (8) om aftenen (regular) otte (8) om aftenen |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with "8 in the evening" |
| Loke: Den er otte (8) om aftenen. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 12. Say “It's 8 in the evening.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Den er otte (8) om aftenen. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace"8 in the evening" with 2:30. |
| Loke: halv tre. |
| Becky: 2:30 |
| Loke: (slow) halv tre. (regular) halv tre. |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with 2:30 |
| Loke: Den er halv tre. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace "8 in the evening". Say “It's 2:30.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Den er halv tre. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace 2:30 with 18:25. |
| Loke: atten femogtyve |
| Becky: 18:25 |
| Loke: (slow) atten femogtyve (regular) atten femogtyve |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with 18:25. |
| Loke: Den er atten femogtyve. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 2:30. Say “It's 18:25” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Den er atten femogtyve. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you what time it is. It's 12. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad er klokken? (five seconds) Den er tolv (12). |
| Becky: Now imagine it's "8 in the evening". Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad er klokken? (five seconds) Den er otte (8) om aftenen. |
| Becky: Imagine it's 2:30. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvad er klokken? (five seconds) Den er halv tre. |
| Becky: Imagine it's 18:25. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad er klokken? (five seconds) Den er atten femogtyve. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone what time it is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvad er klokken? |
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