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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 25: How much is this? 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 How much is this? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Hvad koster den her? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: hvad |
| Becky: meaning “what” |
| 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: koster |
| Becky: meaning “costs”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) koster |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: koster |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad koster |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: den |
| Becky: meaning in this case “it”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) den |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: den |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad koster den |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: her |
| Becky: meaning “here”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) her |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: her |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: hvad koster den her? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question How much is this? |
| Loke: halvtreds (50) kroner. |
| Becky: "50 kroner”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) halvtreds (50) kroner. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: halvtreds (50) |
| Becky: meaning 50. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) halvtreds (50) |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: halvtreds (50) |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: kroner |
| Becky: meaning kroner, which is the Danish currency. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) kroner |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: kroner |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “(It will be) 50 kroner.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: halvtreds (50) kroner. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace 50 with 270. |
| Loke: to hundredehalvfjerds (270) |
| Becky: 270 |
| Loke: (slow) to hundredehalvfjerds (270) (regular) to hundredehalvfjerds (270) |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with 270 |
| Loke: to hundred og halvfjerds (270) kroner. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 50. Say “270 kroner.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: 270 kroner. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace 270 with thousand. |
| Loke: tusind |
| Becky: thousand |
| Loke: (slow) tusind (regular) tusind |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with thousand |
| Loke: Tusind kroner. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace 270. Say “Thousand kroner.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Tusind kroner. |
| Becky: To expand on the pattern, replace thousand with 5. |
| Loke: fem (5) |
| Becky: 5 |
| Loke: (slow) fem (5) (regular) fem (5) |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with 5 |
| Loke: fem (5) kroner. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace thousand. Say “5 kroner.” |
| {pause} |
| Loke: fem (5) kroner. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks you how much something is. It is 50. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad koster den her? (five seconds) halvtreds (50) kroner. |
| Becky: Now imagine it's 270. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad koster den her? (five seconds) to hundredehalvfjerds (270) kroner. |
| Becky: Imagine it's thousand. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Hvad koster den her? (five seconds) Tusind kroner. |
| Becky: Now imagine it's 5. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Hvad koster den her? (five seconds) fem (5) kroner. |
| Becky: Now you want to learn how much something is. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Hvad koster den her? |
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