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Why learn Danish over other language? | ||
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| snoppingasusual Quadrilingual Hexaglot Groupie Lebanon Joined 5558 days ago 49 posts - 65 votes  Speaks: Arabic (Egyptian), French*, English*, Arabic (Written)*, Arabic (Levantine)*, Spanish | Message 33 of 59 14 October 2009 at 3:16pm | IP Logged | |||||
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik
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| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5519 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 34 of 59 14 October 2009 at 3:25pm | IP Logged | |||||
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In fact, it is http://sputnik.tv2.dk/.
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| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5519 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 35 of 59 18 October 2009 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Here is a great song about the signs of the times in Denmark - from a Danish version of Britain's got Talent. Aired last Friday (October the 16th).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xb5z26L7m0w A great song - and he moved on to the final. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Juan M. Senior Member Colombia Joined 5890 days ago 460 posts - 597 votes | Message 37 of 59 27 October 2009 at 9:03pm | IP Logged | |||||
What would those reasons be? I'm seriously considering picking up either Danish or Swedish.
Is that so? Is it the same way in other Scandinavian nations? What characteristics would you say are unique to Denmark as compared to Sweden or Norway? Edited by Juan M. on 27 October 2009 at 9:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Rikyu-san Diglot Senior Member Denmark Joined 5519 days ago 213 posts - 413 votes Speaks: Danish*, English Studies: German, French | Message 38 of 59 27 October 2009 at 9:35pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I don't know if it is the same in Norway and Sweden - maybe users from these countries can answer that question.
One thing that Danes and Norwegians have in common is the concept of "hygge" - it is a loan word from Norway, entering Danish early 19th century. So Danes and Norwegians can say, "that was hyggeligt" - and Swedes won't get it. All Scandinavian countries have beautiful nature, and people are generally very friendly. You can travel way up north and see the midnight sun in the summertime, go skiing for miles and miles and miles in both Norway and Sweden, and one curious fact is that the forest that begins in the Northern part of Skåne continues all the way to Japan (as close as one can get, of course). Here is a video with Runrig singing the beautiful song "Scandinavia" with images from Denmark, Norway and Sweden (in that order): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggRM3qrwRlo 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Masked Avenger Triglot Senior Member Antarctica Joined 6125 days ago 145 posts - 151 votes Speaks: English, French*, Danish Studies: Finnish, Latin | Message 40 of 59 28 October 2009 at 3:53pm | IP Logged | |||||
It's been a while. Let's see... - Danish usually seen as the least pretty-sounding language. - If one is looking to learn one Scandinavian language in the hope of gaining insight/understanding with the other languages from that family than Norwegian was usually seen as the best choice. - If one just goes by numbers and wants the Scandinavian language with the most (native) speakers than Swedish wins. Those are the arguments that I remember seeing. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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