Jeg laerer Dansk....

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I am learning Danish. This is not a sensible thing to do. I have no plans to visit Denmark this year or next (but at some future time) and I know nobody Danish at all. AT ALL.

Except, I feel I know...

Those jumpers!!

The eternal life-work-fancy bit on the side triangle!! (my fancy bit is a bar of chocolate!)


The mind palace; and that eternal regret that I can't act in my mother tongue let alone another one!


Then I read this book; Fluent in Three Months. OK, I'm half way through it really, but I get the total immersion idea. The live the culture to learn the language and spend hours a day doing flashcards and learning the sentences. Hej! Hvordan går det? Hyggeligt at se dig!

 But I have a mission. I am getting a box set for my birthday. No, not Breaking Bad, although I want to watch that too; but Birgitte, her of the sharp suits and the power play in consensus politics. Yep, Borgen is mine in 2 short months. And I want to be able to truthfully say, "Turn the volume up, I can't hear what they're saying!!"

So I am learning Danish. Jeg laerer Dansk. And I have phone apps, an online course for 6 months, a phrase book and fortunately some second hand copies of classic Danish Nordic Noir to sit and watch. Jeg vil være i stand til at forstå programmet or it'll kill me. Fluent in three months! Ha! Try Borgen busting in two!

Comments

  1. Lisa19 March 2014 at 21:33

    The author of this book was on Midweek this morning on Radio 4. Good luck with the language learning.
    Lisa x

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  2. Jo20 March 2014 at 12:23

    We learnt French at school and I hated it, put me off languages for life. Eleanor's got a thing about Swedish, though like you, has no intention of visiting Sweden and doesn't know anyone Swedish. I think it stems from one of her classroom assistants in primary school being married to a Swede, and she taught the class Incy Wincy Spider in Swedish. Eleanor can still recite it now, and has taught herself to say I am speaking Swedish fluently, even though that phrase is the only bit of Swedish she can speak fluently. Good look with the Danish.

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