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Danish: Er denne her film interressant, Josh?
Sherri: Er denne her film interressant, Josh?Josh: Nej, den er ikke interressant, Sherri. Den er kedelig, men denne anden er interressant.
Comment:
Hi Shawn,
- "denne" is not incorrect in written Danish, but it is not something a native speaker would say in spoken Danish conversation. As you might know, the difficulty of learning Danish lies especially in the spoken language, and in the differences between written and spoken Danish, so I consider this an important point. Since the genre here is lines, I have corrected it.
- I have corrected your spelling error in "interessant", but really I personally do not think it is the right equivalent word to the English use of "interesting" (about a film) here. About a film, I would say that "spændende" is the correct Danish equivalent to the use of "interesting" here, because "interessant" tends to be used much less casually in Danish than in English - especially American English (at least that is my impression!).
Due to the growing influence of American English language upon Danish language, especially in the media / pop culture areas, I do however occasionally hear "interessant" being used today - in particular by young (teenage) native Danish speakers - as an equivalent to the English "interesting" as it is used in this sample text; So at large, while my suggestion ("spændende") is what comes closest to a dictionary/established word equivalent to "interesting" here, one might describe the differences of meaning in the Danish word "interessant" as a question of sociolect. Does that make sense?:)
Best,
Julie
Danish: Er denne film interresant, Josh? interessant
Sherri: Er denne film interresant, Josh?Josh: Nej, den er ikke interresant, Sherri. Den er kedelig, men denne anden er interresant. den anden her
American English ====
Sherri: Is that movie interesting, Josh?
Josh: No, it isn't interesting, Sherri. It is boring, but this other one is interesting.
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