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Rachel Reardon Newbie United States mangolanguages.com Joined 4673 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French	Message 9 of 31 07 February 2012 at 6:26pm \| IP Logged
	Hello there! My name is Rachel and I'm the Community Manager at Mango Languages! I saw your post and just wanted to say that I'm excited to hear you're using Mango to help learn Danish. It's so interesting to read your day- by-day account. Best of luck and keep up the good work! Let me know if you have any questions or if we can help in any way! Rachel Reardon email: rachel.reardon@mangolanguages.com 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 10 of 31 07 February 2012 at 11:31pm \| IP Logged
	Thanks Rachel! Mango Languages really is a great program to gain a basic grasp of the grammar and most important vocabulary. I have the Library edition and I find it very useful for learning pronunciation, especially since Danish is known to be a difficult language to pronounce. Unfortunately, as I am busy during the week, this long will probably mostly be a weekend-by-weekend account instead of day-by-day. One question, do the library and standard editions of Mango Languages differ in any way? 1 person has voted this message useful
Rachel Reardon Newbie United States mangolanguages.com Joined 4673 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French	Message 11 of 31 07 February 2012 at 11:39pm \| IP Logged
	We're so glad to hear you're liking the program! And weekend-by-weekend sounds great too! :) Great question! In terms of content, the library and individual products are the same. There are a couple differences though: When using the library edition, you access Mango remotely and must have an internet connection. If you purchase Mango Passport for individuals, you download the course onto your computer and once downloaded, you don't need an internet connection to use it. Library patrons have free access to the Mango iPhone app! We are currently developing more mobile options for individuals and different platforms but for now you check out Mango in the App Store. When you purchase Mango Passport for individuals you can also download Mango On-The-Go which is the audio version of the course for MP3 players. I hope that helps and I'm looking forward to reading your future posts! Rachel 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 12 of 31 12 February 2012 at 1:53am \| IP Logged
	Day 10: I've gone through 6.25 hours of Mango Languages and I'm up to lesson 52. I haven't had much time over the week to work on my Danish but I've tried to read through some simple Danish news articles to pick out words that I can understand and cognates. It's surprising that in these (very simple) articles, sometimes I can understand them in their entirety without looking up any words and in others, I don't understand anything. I can't really say that I've progressed much from last week, but practice has helped me familiarize myself with the slightly different word order in Danish. Lately, I've been using Anki to work on my vocabulary and I'm up to 60 cards per day. I'm not sure if making my own cards will be worth it the vocabulary gain considering how time consuming it seems so I'm just using a downloaded deck with about 4000 beginner and intermediate vocabulary words. Danish phrase of the day: Hvad er det, der er så sjovt? Considering the above phrase, is it really necessary to make it so wordy? Is it possible to say, "Hvad er så sjovt?" 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 13 of 31 20 February 2012 at 4:29am \| IP Logged
	Day 18: I finished 8.5 hours of Mango Languages and I'm on lesson 79. There are only 6 more lessons to go so I decided to purchase "Beginner's Danish (Danish Edition)" to take over as my main source of instruction. I'm glad that I started didn't buy the book earlier since it starts off with difficult dialogue off the bat and I would've probably been discouraged. I went through two lessons in the book and it seems to provide a decent explanation of grammar and good practice lessons, although a bit on the difficult side. I've also started to keep a daily diary in Danish on lang- 8 although I'm sure I won't be able to maintain it daily for long. Can anyone recommend any good listening practice for beginners in Danish? 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 14 of 31 04 March 2012 at 3:20am \| IP Logged
	I've stalled on my learning of Danish for a while now and I hope to resume learning once I have time again. For now, reading simple articles and trying to retain the vocabulary that I've built up so far is enough to maintain my interest and to make sure that I don't forget that I was studying this fascinating language! If anyone could recommend any passive learning resources, that would be great! 1 person has voted this message useful
Danac Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5346 days ago 162 posts - 257 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, Serbo-Croatian, French, Russian, Esperanto	Message 15 of 31 04 March 2012 at 2:59pm \| IP Logged
	I don't know if you ever saw the links Here They're for all Scandinavian languages, including Danish, of course. There are some links for free courses with audio. Good stuff, I imagine. If you're thinking about something like podcasts, there's Copenhagencast and One Minute Danish. You can find them both through Itunes, and Copenhagencast also has its own webpage of the same name. Ps. Held og lykke med at lære dansk, når du får mere tid. 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 16 of 31 04 June 2012 at 9:37pm \| IP Logged
	I've left this log dormant for quite a while due to major time constraints that I've had in the past few months. Now however, I will have a lot of free time and I will prioritize my Danish studies above all else. I intend to finish Beginner's Danish by the end of the summer at least. I intended to be able to read basic newspaper articles and simple short texts by that time. Tak for at lytte! 1 person has voted this message useful

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Rachel Reardon Newbie United States mangolanguages.com Joined 4673 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French	Message 9 of 31 07 February 2012 at 6:26pm \| IP Logged
	Hello there! My name is Rachel and I'm the Community Manager at Mango Languages! I saw your post and just wanted to say that I'm excited to hear you're using Mango to help learn Danish. It's so interesting to read your day- by-day account. Best of luck and keep up the good work! Let me know if you have any questions or if we can help in any way! Rachel Reardon email: rachel.reardon@mangolanguages.com 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 10 of 31 07 February 2012 at 11:31pm \| IP Logged
	Thanks Rachel! Mango Languages really is a great program to gain a basic grasp of the grammar and most important vocabulary. I have the Library edition and I find it very useful for learning pronunciation, especially since Danish is known to be a difficult language to pronounce. Unfortunately, as I am busy during the week, this long will probably mostly be a weekend-by-weekend account instead of day-by-day. One question, do the library and standard editions of Mango Languages differ in any way? 1 person has voted this message useful
Rachel Reardon Newbie United States mangolanguages.com Joined 4673 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: French	Message 11 of 31 07 February 2012 at 11:39pm \| IP Logged
	We're so glad to hear you're liking the program! And weekend-by-weekend sounds great too! :) Great question! In terms of content, the library and individual products are the same. There are a couple differences though: When using the library edition, you access Mango remotely and must have an internet connection. If you purchase Mango Passport for individuals, you download the course onto your computer and once downloaded, you don't need an internet connection to use it. Library patrons have free access to the Mango iPhone app! We are currently developing more mobile options for individuals and different platforms but for now you check out Mango in the App Store. When you purchase Mango Passport for individuals you can also download Mango On-The-Go which is the audio version of the course for MP3 players. I hope that helps and I'm looking forward to reading your future posts! Rachel 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 12 of 31 12 February 2012 at 1:53am \| IP Logged
	Day 10: I've gone through 6.25 hours of Mango Languages and I'm up to lesson 52. I haven't had much time over the week to work on my Danish but I've tried to read through some simple Danish news articles to pick out words that I can understand and cognates. It's surprising that in these (very simple) articles, sometimes I can understand them in their entirety without looking up any words and in others, I don't understand anything. I can't really say that I've progressed much from last week, but practice has helped me familiarize myself with the slightly different word order in Danish. Lately, I've been using Anki to work on my vocabulary and I'm up to 60 cards per day. I'm not sure if making my own cards will be worth it the vocabulary gain considering how time consuming it seems so I'm just using a downloaded deck with about 4000 beginner and intermediate vocabulary words. Danish phrase of the day: Hvad er det, der er så sjovt? Considering the above phrase, is it really necessary to make it so wordy? Is it possible to say, "Hvad er så sjovt?" 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 13 of 31 20 February 2012 at 4:29am \| IP Logged
	Day 18: I finished 8.5 hours of Mango Languages and I'm on lesson 79. There are only 6 more lessons to go so I decided to purchase "Beginner's Danish (Danish Edition)" to take over as my main source of instruction. I'm glad that I started didn't buy the book earlier since it starts off with difficult dialogue off the bat and I would've probably been discouraged. I went through two lessons in the book and it seems to provide a decent explanation of grammar and good practice lessons, although a bit on the difficult side. I've also started to keep a daily diary in Danish on lang- 8 although I'm sure I won't be able to maintain it daily for long. Can anyone recommend any good listening practice for beginners in Danish? 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 14 of 31 04 March 2012 at 3:20am \| IP Logged
	I've stalled on my learning of Danish for a while now and I hope to resume learning once I have time again. For now, reading simple articles and trying to retain the vocabulary that I've built up so far is enough to maintain my interest and to make sure that I don't forget that I was studying this fascinating language! If anyone could recommend any passive learning resources, that would be great! 1 person has voted this message useful
Danac Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5346 days ago 162 posts - 257 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, Serbo-Croatian, French, Russian, Esperanto	Message 15 of 31 04 March 2012 at 2:59pm \| IP Logged
	I don't know if you ever saw the links Here They're for all Scandinavian languages, including Danish, of course. There are some links for free courses with audio. Good stuff, I imagine. If you're thinking about something like podcasts, there's Copenhagencast and One Minute Danish. You can find them both through Itunes, and Copenhagencast also has its own webpage of the same name. Ps. Held og lykke med at lære dansk, når du får mere tid. 1 person has voted this message useful
Kartof Bilingual Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 5064 days ago 391 posts - 550 votes Speaks: English, Bulgarian, Spanish Studies: Danish	Message 16 of 31 04 June 2012 at 9:37pm \| IP Logged
	I've left this log dormant for quite a while due to major time constraints that I've had in the past few months. Now however, I will have a lot of free time and I will prioritize my Danish studies above all else. I intend to finish Beginner's Danish by the end of the summer at least. I intended to be able to read basic newspaper articles and simple short texts by that time. Tak for at lytte! 1 person has voted this message useful