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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 20: What's the weather like? 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 the weather like in Copenhagen? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvordan er vejret i København? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: hvordan |
| Becky: meaning “how” in English. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) hvordan |
| Becky: Listen again and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan |
| {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: hvordan er |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: vejret |
| Becky: meaning “the weather”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) vejret |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: vejret |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan er vejret |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: i |
| Becky: meaning “in”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) i |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: i |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan er vejret i |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: København |
| Becky: meaning “Copenhagen”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) København |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: København |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvordan er vejret i København? |
| {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 the weather like in Copenhagen? |
| Loke: Det er solskin. |
| Becky: "It's sunny”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Det er solskin. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: det |
| Becky: meaning “it”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) det |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: det |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: er |
| Becky: meaning in this case “is”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) er |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: er |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: solskin |
| Becky: meaning “sunshine”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) solskin |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: solskin |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “It's sunny”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Det er solskin. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace sunny with raining. |
| Loke: regner |
| Becky: raining |
| Loke: (slow) regner (regular) regner |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with raining |
| Loke: Det regner. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace sunny. Say “It's raining.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Det regner. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace raining with windy. |
| Loke: blæser |
| Becky: windy |
| Loke: (slow) blæser (regular) blæser |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with windy |
| Loke: Det blæser. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace raining. Say “It's windy.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Det blæser. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace windy with stormy. |
| Loke: stormvejr |
| Becky: stormy |
| Loke: (slow) stormvejr (regular) stormvejr |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with stormy |
| Loke: Det er stormvejr. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace windy. Say “It's stormy.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Det er stormvejr. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you What's the weather like in Copenhagen? You want to say it's sunny. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvordan er vejret i København? (five seconds) Det er solskin. |
| Becky: Now you want to say it's raining. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvordan er vejret i København? (five seconds) Det regner. |
| Becky: You want to say it's windy. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvordan er vejret i København? (five seconds) Det blæser. |
| Becky: You want to say it's stormy. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvordan er vejret i København? (five seconds) Det er stormvejr. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone what the weather is like. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvordan er vejret i København? |
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