Originally Posted by Lonewolf Ed
I am learning more of a language I've been hearing since I was a baby, Danish. I'm going over there in May for 3 weeks and 3 days. Why 3 weeks and 3 days? Last time, I was there for 3 weeks and 2 days and I wished I had another day, so this year I will. Just a couple of weeks ago, I learned a new Danish word: bindingsvaerk. It means half-timbered, as in the medieval style of building.
I'm not fluent by any means, but I can understand more than I can say. I know important words and phrases in which to use them such as yes, no, thank you, breakfast, lunch, dinner, beer, and breasts.
Some Danish words are easy since they are where the English words came from or they are almost the same, such as maelk (milk), peber (pepper), fisk (fish), ĝl (ale), turist (tourist) and many more. It's also fun to learn words that look like English but are not. For example, you can go on a turist fart and not have to say you're sorry; fart means speed or journey. You can ask a waitress for some good hummer and not get slapped; hummer is lobster. You can step on a klit and not ruin a date; a klit is a hill. There are also many more, but those are my favorites. One more thing, if you go to Denmark and ask for a grape soda, don't think there is something wrong when you see that it is not purple. Grape is how they say grapefruit. I've never seen actual grape soda over there, or cherry for that matter. I suggest orange or lemon.
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