Learning Danish as a North American.
EVERY learning material I have encountered - and I have searched extensively - was geared towards Britons. Not even the "American edition" of Hugo's "Danish in Three Months" seems to be based on NA English pronunciation!
So what would be the best way for an American or Canadian to approach "det danske sprog"?
I think that their motivations for learning the language are different: Britons would need the knowledge for prolonged business trips and vacations, whereas North Americans would need it to decipher genealogical records.
And then there are Danophiles like myself who learn it for its own sake.
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Carthage, are you American or Canadian?
As a North-American English speaker do you have any trouble understanding British English? You don't understand the British terms at all or some of them?
Unfortunately, the former.
If I were Canuck, I could at least grasp SOME UK terms...alas, I am not.
So yes, I don't understand the vast majority, i.e. 80%, of British lingo.
Are you American or Canadian?
Ja, dansk burde I sanneligt lære! Et dejligt tungemål!
Hej HC,
Hvor i Danmark kommer du fra? gider du også sprog?
Jeg kan slett ikke sige som i sangen, " I Danmark er jeg født", selv om nogle af mine aner på 1600-tallet kom fra Viborg-egnen. Det er desværre ingen ægte danske, der skjuler sig bag den grimme ellings signatur ovenfor, kun Fredrik fra Norge, der så en dansk tråd og fik lidt lyst til at puste lidt liv i den. Men ja, jeg kan lide dansk!