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Bending Danish Nouns
Unlike other languages, such as English and German, there are no specific rules that apply to bending Danish nouns. Unfortunately, I must say, as this gives non-Danes - and sometimes native Danes too - trouble with writing correct grammar.
However, I will in the following comments to this entry try to explain the most basic forms and variants of nouns. Hopefully, it will be of some use for others. You are of course welcome to ask questions.
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Capitalization in Titles ?
I understand that the most important words are in capital, while words like "of" and "the" aren't.
An example of this could be "Lord of the Rings" (LotR)
However, could someone give me a list of (at least some of) the non-capital words?
Also, what are the (exact) rules and guidelines about capitalization in titles?
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How to Write Korean Names in English?
It's quite easy in hangul; first character is family name and then two for the given name.
But when you write it in English, it becomes more tricky because of the variations - EX;
김재중 - 김(Kim/Gim)재(Jae/Chae)중(Joong/Jung) [I'm not taking spelling into account]
People either write 'Kim Jae Joong', 'Kim JaeJoong', 'Kim Jaejoong' or 'Jaejoong Kim'.
Personally, I prefer 'Kim Jaejoong' - but how do you (Koreans) prefer it?
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What's the National Animal of Your Country?
Denmark's national animal/bird is the mute swan. And yours?
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My Part-Time Job
Today, I would like to talk a bit about my work;
Having just graduated this year, I got a job immediately after the last exam in order to earn and save up money for further education. At the moment I’m working as a cleaner on a school for disabled children.
It’s quite a challenge! Mainly because I’m not used, nor like, cleaning “professionally” like this, but also because the children are present while I’m there. I’m not really afraid of them, just very aware of where they are.
The school is divided in three groups or areas;
Red is for the children who are most disabled and sit in wheelchairs most of the time, and they are also the ones you can interact the least with. This is the group I’m assigned to, but I help out in the groups too.
Children of Green are at a medium level. They also use wheelchairs; however, they are quite more active. There’s especially this one girl, C, who likes to “help” me. She’s a real tease, and she knows it!
As for Blue, here are the children who can walk. And run, which I learnt the hard way when one of the girls tried to escape when I was about to clean her room. Her and boy L are the ones I’m most cautious about, since I’m never sure how they are going to react. I like boy SK, though, he’s such a sweetheart!
I have never worked like this before - yes, I’m one of those teens whose parents are willingly to pay - so working 3-6 hours a day, 4 times a week, is quite suitable for me. For now, I’ll be there for about 2 months, which means no vacation for me this summer. But hopefully, I’ll be able to stay there longer, or find another job, because I won’t continue my education before after New Year, and I really need money since I’ll also be moving out and live by myself around that time.
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What would you like to name your child(ren) and why?
Is there any special name you wish to call your child?
If yes, what's the reason(s) and/or meaning behind it?Personally, if I get a son, I would like to name him David because it's a name I have liked for years.
As for a daughter, I got a name for her too, but would like to keep it secret since it's a bit special~
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Korean Dialects?
Often when I'm watching Korean shows and the talk falls on dialects, it's usually about the Seoul and Busan dialects.
As a dialect speaker myself, I would like to know how many and what differences there are on the Korean dialects, etc.
If someone here speaks a dialect, or know how to, maybe you could give me some examples? Also, how do people react when you use dialect, and so on.
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What do you think and/or know about Denmark & Danes? (impression+info)
Denmark, Scandinavia, kingdom located in Northern Europe.
5,5 million people, Danish as language, democratic minded.
- what are the first things about Denmark that come to mind? Be honest, please.
There will be no bad feelings, I already know we are infamous for some things.
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At the Market
There isn’t much to tell, but today I went to one of those markets that only gets hold once a year. Because dad had promised my uncle to help him with something, only my mom, younger sister and I went.
I’m not sure whether or not I like the market, but the products are cheap, so I bought quite many things;
First of all, six bags of noddle soup with flavors like chicken, kimchi and Thai. Chicken is usually my favorite, but this time I decided to try something new for a change.
I also got five Asian movies - “Xanda” (Chinese), “Go” & “Ju-On 2” (Japanese), “2009 Lost Memories” & “Memories of Murders” (Korean). I prefer Asian music and movies over those from the Western world.
Lastly, I also bought a blue jacket/sweater and a pair of black earrings. And that was it. My little sister bought two jeans and a t-shirt, while my mom didn’t get anything, she just paid for everything.
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End of the World
Have you ever seen the end of the world?
It can't be seen, yet it's blinding.
Have you ever heard the end of the world?
It can't be heard, yet it's deafening.
Have you ever felt the end of the world?
It can’t be felt, yet it’s painful.
Have your world ever fallen apart? Been blinded, deafened, in a painful way?
Every day someone's world fall apart, but you can't see it, you can’t hear it, you can’t feel it.
The worlds that fall apart can never be restored. They are forever lost and gone.
And those left behind have to create new worlds to replace them, or they too will vanish.
There’s nothing you can do for these persons.
Other than being there for them and help them gain enough strength to create their new world.
Be prepared that there might not be place for you in that world.
But you have to stick around anyway, or the other will be stuck forever and never move on.
So that if you too one day lose your world, someone will be there for you to help you out.
(This is copyrighted by me, so even though I doubt it will happen, do not take it and claim as your own!)
June 11, 2011
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