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| Becky: Top 25 Danish Questions You Need to Know - Lesson 8: Can you eat Danish food? |
| 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 Can you eat Danish food? In Danish this is |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? |
| Becky: The first word in the question is |
| Loke: kan |
| Becky: meaning “can” in English. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) kan |
| Becky: Listen again and repeat. |
| Loke: kan |
| {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: du |
| Becky: meaning “you”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) du |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: du |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 2 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: kan du |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Next is |
| Loke: spise |
| Becky: meaning “eat”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) spise |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: spise |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 3 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: kan du spise |
| {pause} |
| Becky: And after that |
| Loke: dansk |
| Becky: meaning Danish. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) dansk |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: dansk |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the first 4 words of the question and repeat. |
| Loke: kan du spise dansk |
| {pause} |
| And next |
| Loke: mad |
| Becky: meaning “food”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) mad |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: mad |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the entire question and repeat. |
| Loke: kan du spise dansk mad |
| {pause} |
| Becky: (You will hear this common question again and again throughout your studies.) Master the following pattern and responses to the question Can you eat Danish food? |
| Loke: Ja, det er godt. |
| Becky: "Yes, it's good”. Again, slowly. Repeat the phrase. |
| Loke: (Slow) Ja, det er godt. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To say "no", in a simple way, just say: |
| Loke: Nej. |
| Becky: Which is like saying No. in English. Let's hear it slowly. |
| Loke: (Slowly) Nej. |
| Becky: And one more time at normal speed: |
| Loke: Nej. |
| Becky: Let's break it down from the beginning. The first word: |
| Loke: ja |
| Becky: means yes. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) ja |
| Becky: Now repeat |
| Loke: ja |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: det |
| Becky: meaning in this case “it”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) det |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: det |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: er |
| Becky: meaning in this case “is”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) er |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: er |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: And next |
| Loke: godt |
| Becky: meaning “good”. |
| Loke: (Slow, by syllable) godt |
| Becky: Now repeat. |
| Loke: godt |
| {Pause} |
| Becky: Listen to the speaker say, “Yes, it's good.”, and then repeat. |
| Loke: Ja, det er godt. |
| {pause} |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace it's good with it's delicious. |
| Loke: det er lækkert |
| Becky: it's delicious |
| Loke: (slow) det er lækkert (regular) det er lækkert |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with it's delicious |
| Loke: Ja, det er lækkert. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace it's good. Say “Yes, it's delicious”. |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Ja, det er lækkert. |
| Becky: To make another phrase, replace it's delicious with “I love Danish food”. |
| Loke: jeg elsker dansk mad |
| Becky: I love Danish food |
| Loke: (slow) jeg elsker dansk mad (regular) jeg elsker dansk mad |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with I love Danish food |
| Loke: Ja, jeg elsker dansk mad. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace delicious. Say “Yes, I love Danish food”. |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Ja, jeg elsker dansk mad. |
| Becky: To use a different phrase, replace I love Danish food with “it suits me”. |
| Loke: det er lige mig |
| Becky: it suits me |
| Loke: (slow) det er lige mig (regular) det er lige mig |
| Becky: Listen to the phrase again, this time with it suits me |
| Loke: Ja, det er lige mig. |
| Becky: It mostly stays the same. Simply replace I love Danish food. Say “Yes, it suits me”. |
| {pause} |
| Loke: Ja, det er lige mig. |
| Becky: Now it's time for a quiz. Imagine you are visiting Denmark and someone asks if you can eat Danish food. You want to answer that it's good. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? (five seconds) Ja, det er godt. |
| Becky: Now, you want to say that it's delicious. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? (five seconds) Ja, det er lækkert. |
| Becky: Now, you want to say that you love Danish food. Answer the speaker's question. |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? (five seconds) Ja, jeg elsker dansk mad. |
| Becky: Now, you want to say that it suits you. Respond to the question. |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? (five seconds) Ja, det er lige mig. |
| Becky: Now you want to ask someone if they can eat Danish food. Ask the question |
| (5 seconds) |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? |
| {pause} |
| Becky: Now it's time to answer the question with actual information about yourself. |
| Loke: Kan du spise dansk mad? |
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