Danish 101 Trivia Quiz

Answer: " Ja!"

All righty then! "Ja" and "Nej" are definitive, and often modified to make their meaning clear. "Tja" is more of a 'yeah, maybe', "Jo!" is a more enthusiastic "Yep!" and "Jeg vid ikke." is "I don't know.", and "Njeh" is akin to the English "Eh..." with a shoulder shrug. There's also "maaske" = "maybe."
Some other basic words: "Tak" = "Thank you"; ""Hej" = "Hi"; "Farvel" = "Bye"
"Kaffee" = "Coffee"; "Oel" = "Beer"; "Schnapps" = "Firewater"; "Jeg" = "I"; "Mig" = "Me"; "Du" = "You" objective case, "Dig" = "You" subjective case. Try to remember these, there will be a quiz! O, this IS a quiz!
Actually, you could get along with just these as most Danes speak or at least understand English.

Answer: "Jeg elsker dig!"

I hope you got that right! "Tja, du er ikke min type!" = "Nah, you're not my type!" "Nej tak!" = "No thanks!" Notice there's no comma after the "Nej" so that the "tak" is stressed - this makes it more emphatic. "Ja, jeg vil have en oel!" = "Yes, I'll have a beer!"
Letter D, unless it starts the word is pronounced as a muted TH, as in "Mother"
in English. The Danish word for mother is "Moder", shortened to "Mor". "Fader" became "Far"; "Broder" is "Bror" and "Soester" is "Soes". It's much easier to tell which grandparent is referred to, as "Mormor" - "Mor's mor" - is your mother's mother, "Morfar" is mother's father, "Farfar" is your dad's dad, and
"Farmor" is your mother's dad. Male cousin = "Faetter" and female cousin = "Cusine". Danes tend to squoosh words together, while Swedes seem to prefer extending them.

Answer: "Vil du gerne raekke mig saltet?"

The correct answer says, "Will you kindly pass {reach} me the salt?" "Hvornaar kommer din Mormor?" is "When will your Grandma arrive?" "Maa jeg laane telefonen at ring til min cusine?" is "May I loan the phone to call my cousin?" and "Skulde jeg ikke tale med din faetter?" is "Should I not speak to your [male] cousin?" This can be taken either way as it can in English, suggesting that I speak to him, or asking if I should.

The word "Ikke" is used in many ways; literally it means "Not", but it can also be a trailer to a sentence, as in "Right?" It is more often shortened to "Ik" as in "Ik sant?" "{Is it} Not true?"

Answer: False

I told you that my house is red and very small. If it were a large green house I would say, "Mit hus er groen og ret stor."
"Roedt" = "Red", "Hvid" = "White", "Blaa" = "Blue", "Groen" = "Green", "Orange farve" = "Orange colored" {the fruit we called "Orange" = "Applesin" in Danish}
"Lilac" = "Purple", "Gul" = "Yellow", "Sort" = "Black", "Graa" = "Grey"

Answer: "Jeg har et stort koekken og en lille have."

"Jeg har en sort lille gris og en stor hvid hund" = "I have a little black pig and a large white dog." "Jeg har tre lille misser, graa, hvid og roed" = "I three little cats, grey, white and red" Cats are usually referred to as misser {"e" or "er" are plural endings}. They are also called "Kat."
"En miss, to misser" = "One cat, two cats." "Hund" = "Dog" {hound}. "Jeg har lige koebte en blaa hat til min mor" = "I have just bought a blue hat for my mom."
Danish has three extra letters: ae, aa, and oe {if I had a Danish keyboard the ae would be intertwined, the aa could be written as an a with a little circle over it, and the oe would be an o with a slash through it.} "Oe" also means "island." The letter W is rarely used in Danish unless it is a proper name. This is why most Danes usually pronounce the W in English words as V.

Answer: True

"Fjernsyn" literally translates to "far seen", but "T.V." is also used now. "Gaa i biographen" = "Go to the movies", "Gaa i skole" = "Go to school", "Gaa i byen" = "Go to town", generally meaning to go shopping. Like all other languages, there are borrowed words, slang, changes, modernizations, and different moods expressed with different phrases or emphasis.

The formal "Goddag" is now "Hej Hej" between friends, or simply "Dov" pronounced "Dow". Even a very small country has many dialects, and the Danish spoken in many parts of Jutland, the large peninsula, uses some English and some Swedish intonations or phrases.

The Danes use "Aubergine" for "Eggplant", "Champignons" for "Mushrooms", and "Pomme Frites" for "French Fries", all borrowed from French.

Answer: "Roedt"

"Ja, huset er roedt" Well, you knew it wasn't one of the other colors, didn't you? "Roedt" is pronounced "rrrgghhuhth". This is why I don't often use my family's name for me{my middle name, Ruth}, because it sounds so rrrrrrrrough!
Lesson 7: "Vindu" is "Window", "Doer" is "Door", "Arm" is "Arm", "Aaben" is "Open" and sounds almost the same. "Lukke" is "Lock", "Gaa" is "Go", "Komme" is "Come",
"Svin" is "Pig", "Psychologisk" = "Psychological", "Normalt" is "Normal" and "Unormalt" is "Abnormal". The prefix "U" is the same as "ab", "in" or "un" meaning 'not' in English.

Answer: True

"Halv" {half} before a number means halfway to. "Qvart i" = "Quarter to" and
"Qvart efter" = "Quarter after"
The Danish counting system is rather complicated until you get used to it, so we'll skip it entirely.

Answer: "I'm so hungry I could eat a cow!"

Surely you got that. By the way, in Denmark, people "spiser" = "Eat", and animals "Edder" = "Eat". A joke or possibly an insult would be to mention that Klaus "edder som en gris!" = "eats like a pig" The Danes are also very fond of wordplay and groaner puns.

They love to try to get a non-Dane to say some of their words that, if you didn't grow up with them, are difficult to say the least, like "Roedgroedde med floede". The "R" apparently is not heard by non-Scandinavians, as it is almost swallowed.

The dish quoted translates to "Red porridge with cream" although it's a pudding made with red currants, raspberries, strawberries or whatever red berries happen to be around.

Answer: "The clock is half two and I'm going to bed!"

"Klokken" = "The clock" but "En klokke" means "A clock". "Jeg haaber du har mored dig med den lille historie om den Dansk sprog, og laert noget nyt." = "I hope you have enjoyed yourself with this little lesson on the Danish language, and you have learned something new." Most Danes have a great sense of humor, and the citizens of Denmark have been more than once acclaimed 'the happiest people on Earth.' Denmark is a constitutional monarchy and is the oldest kingdom.

It also has the oldest flag, "Dannebrog", which allegedly fell from the skies during an olden battle.

It's simply a white cross on a red field, and very many people keep it flying at their homes. Danes tend to be friendly and forthright; not always great with tact, but also not hurtful.