Learn how to ask and answer the question, "What's wrong?"
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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 19: What's wrong? 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's wrong? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvad er der galt? |
| 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 next |
| Loke: der |
| Becky: meaning “there”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) der |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: der |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad er der |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: galt |
| Becky: meaning “wrong”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) galt |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: galt |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad er der galt? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question What's wrong? |
| Loke: Jeg er træt. |
| Becky: "I'm tired”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Jeg er træt. |
| {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: er |
| Becky: meaning in this case “am”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) er |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: er |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: træt |
| Becky: meaning “tired”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) træt |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: træt |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “I'm tired.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Jeg er træt. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace tired with hungry. |
| Loke: sulten |
| Becky: hungry |
| Loke: (slow) sulten (regular) sulten |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with hungry |
| Loke: Jeg er sulten. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace tired. Say “I'm hungry.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg er sulten. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace hungry with angry. |
| Loke: sur |
| Becky: angry |
| Loke: (slow) sur (regular) sur |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with angry |
| Loke: Jeg er sur. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace hungry. Say “I'm angry.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg er sur. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace angry with alright. |
| Loke: okay |
| Becky: alright |
| Loke: (slow) okay (regular) okay |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with alright |
| Loke: Jeg er okay. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace angry. Say “I'm alright.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Jeg er okay. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you what's wrong. You want to answer I'm tired. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad er der galt? (five seconds) Jeg er træt. |
| Becky: Now you want to say I'm hungry. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad er der galt? (five seconds) Jeg er sulten. |
| Becky: You want to say I'm angry. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvad er der galt? (five seconds) Jeg er sur. |
| Becky: Imagine you're alright. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad er der galt? (five seconds) Jeg er okay. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone what's wrong. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvad er der galt? |
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