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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 18: What are you doing? 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 are you doing? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? |
| 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: laver |
| Becky: meaning in this case “doing”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) laver |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: laver |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad laver |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: du |
| Becky: meaning “you”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) du |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: du |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad laver du? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What are you doing? |
| Loke: Jeg tænker. |
| Becky: "I'm thinking”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Jeg tænker. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: jeg |
| Becky: means “I”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) jeg |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: jeg |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: tænker |
| Becky: meaning in this case “thinking”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) tænker |
| Becky:Now repeat. |
| Loke: tænker |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “I'm thinking.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Jeg tænker. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace thinking with playing. |
| Loke: leger |
| Becky: playing |
| Loke: (slow) leger (regular) leger |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with playing |
| Loke: Jeg leger. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace thinking. Say “I'm playing.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg leger. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace playing with eating. |
| Loke: spiser |
| Becky: eating |
| Loke: (slow) spiser (regular) spiser |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with eating |
| Loke: Jeg spiser. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace playing. Say” I'm eating.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg spiser. |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace eating with reading. |
| Loke: læser |
| Becky: reading |
| Loke: (slow) læser (regular) læser |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with reading |
| Loke: Jeg læser. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace eating. Say “I'm reading.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg læser. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you what you're doing. You are thinking. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg tænker. |
| Becky: Now imagine you are playing. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? five seconds) Jeg leger. |
| Becky: Imagine you are eating. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg spiser. |
| Becky: Imagine you're reading. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? (five seconds) Jeg læser. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone what they are doing. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvad laver du? |
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