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I'm a 27 year old guy from Denmark. I have an MSc in Computer Science, with a focus on Game Development, but I've chosen to work with web development after my time at university. Today I'm working as lead developer for one of the largest e-commerce businesses in Denmark. I've always had deep interest in my own language, Danish, most likely more than most Danes. Unlike many Danes, I actually like our own language quite a lot. When I was in my teens, I developed interest in Japanese, but I never got far, most likely due to other priorities - as teens often have. However, recently I've started taking up this interest again, and am looking to improve.
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Ayako
Japanese
Jun 24, 2025
ひさしぶり とは 思えない ほど、ヘンリックさんの 日本語は すばらしかったです。わたしは いつもと おなじ スピードで 話していましたが、ヘンリックさんは すべて 聞き取れていたし、質問にも 答えられていました(*^▽^*)v ありがとうございました😊
Ayako
Japanese
Dec 7, 2018
「～ように」の 新しい 文法を 習いました。よく似た 表現が たくさん あります から、どの 使い方か を チェックしながら 練習してください。そして、言葉シートに 出てきた 単語について いろいろ 話し合いました。動物園や 冷凍食品の 話は おもしろかったです♪
Ayako
Japanese
Dec 1, 2018
最初に、電話に 出るときの「もしもし」に関する 文章を 読んでみました。わたしも 知らないことが ありました から、発見があって、楽しく 読めました。文章についての 質問が 多かったですが、ヘンリックさんは よく 考えて、答えることができましたね。文法の練習では、「～よう」を 使った 表現 が たくさん ありました。使い方や 意味を 間違えないように 復習しておいてくださいね。おつかれさまでした(*^▽^*)v
Ayako
Japanese
Nov 24, 2018
Black Fridayや クリスマスの プレゼントの 準備について 話したり、週末に あった フランスの ストライキを 話したり しました。今日の 文法は 会話の中で使われる 言い方 を ならいました。「～ないと」や「～とく」など 使いこなせたら、もっと 日本人みたいな 話し方になりますね。「～らしい」と「～っぽい」は 似ていますが、ヘンリックさんは この 使い方の 違いを よく 理解できていました(*^▽^*)v
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  • Answered
    This is only my personal opinion. Great that you've mastered kana! I wouldn't put too much focus into writing it, unless it's something you really want it. Ask yourself how often you are going to find yourself needing to write it, rather than reading it :) Next, I would say it's never too late to start learning Kanji. I would recommend starting www.wanikani.com - it's a spaced repetition learning system for Kanji, and the first 3 levels are free, so you can see if it's something you like. The only pre-requisite is that you know kana. If you do decide to join, please read the FAQ once you've signed up. It explains how the system works (there is a lot of downtime in the beginning, for your own good). Next, you need vocabulary and grammar. Personally, I would use a textbook. The Genki series is really popular, but also expensive. But it does teach you Japanese in a structured manner. If you want a more "beginner" friendly series, look for "Japanese from Zero!", their website with some lessons are www.yesjapan.com :) Although I see it as more of a compendium, http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar could also be used for self study of grammar. Good luck!
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    January 19, 2016
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    Eh, I feel bad being a guy recommending this, but I would totally recommend the Japanese Drama 恋愛時代 (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Renai_Jidai) if you can get hold of it. 12 episodes, semi-comedy romantic drama, really good in my opinion.

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    November 2, 2015
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    November 2, 2015
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    Danish Notebook Entry #6

    Daniels bøger er interessante.

    Anita har nogle heste.

    Alfred har noget vand, men han kan ikke lide at drikke vand fordi han helst vil drikker saft.

    Bjørn har flere venner end Christa fordi han er færre rar flinkere end hende. *

    Dagmar er glad i dag, fordi hendes mor gav hende noget slik.

    Emanuel har mange ting, men kun få af betydning er vigtigte. **

    Erika bor i et hus. Hendes søster og svoger bor i lejlighederne ved af skolen. ***


    Greeat job!

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    * What you actually wrote is more in the likes of Bjørn having more friends because he is meaner than Christa. I'm assuming that's not what you wanted to say :)

    ** Was struggling to find out how a Danish person would likely say this sentence - I think this is most likely how we'd say it (Emanuel has lots of things, but only few of importance). Another would be "... men kun få har betydning" or "... men kun få betyder noget for ham".

    *** I've butchered this, sorry. I've removed "her husband" and replaced with "her brother in law" since I'm assuming it's the sisters husband we're referring to. Since we have two "she" going on here, stating that it's the brother in law just make things clearer. Otherwise it could be Erikas husband. Wasn't fully clear where the apartments where, but I've assumed they were by/near the school.

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    October 6, 2015
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    Sentence Practice

    Hvor går du?
    Hvor skal vi mødes vi?
    Hvor spiste du krabbe i Korea?

    Hvordan svømmer du? *
    Jeg ved ikke, hvordan du gjorde gjørde det. (I think something is missing in the sentence...?) **

    Hvad er din yndlingsfarve?
    Hvad ved du om ham?

    Hvorfor hader du mig?
    Hvorfor lytter du til musik som du ikke forstår ikke?

    Hvem er det barn?

    Hvis det er okay.

    Hvornår vil det regne det?
    Hvornår kom du tilbage?

     

    Great job!

     

    * This sentence literally means "How do YOU swim" (emphasis on you) - as if you're suggesting that they swim in some special way, and you want to know how that is. If it's a more general "how does one swim?" kind of question, it would be "hvordan svømmer man?"

    ** I've assumed what you want to write is "I don't know how you did it"

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    September 15, 2015
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    I found a few example phrases from Danish media to help clarify and explain. "Han fik mig til at græde" -> "He made me cry" "Google tvinger folk til at se reklamer" -> "Google forces people to watch ads" "Vi kommer ikke til at se hinanden igen" -> "We will not see each other again" "til at" doesn't really belong together. "at" is part of the verb that's following. "at græde (to cry)", "at se [...] (to watch [...])" and "at se (to see [...])". "Han fik mig til ..." -> "He made me ..." what did he make you do? Cry, but you need to use the basic form in this case, "at græde" - "to cry". You will use this form in cases where something cases an action on something else. Hope this made some sense :)
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    September 9, 2015
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    Danish Notebook Entry #1

    Mit navn er Shelby og jeg taler engelsk. Jeg taler kun lidt dansk. Jeg er født og opvokset i USA. Jeg bor i Oregon sammen med en ven. Vi bor i en lille lejlighed. Mine forældre kommer også fra, og bor i, Oregon*. De bor tæt på mig. De har et hvidt hus. Min mors navn er Eve og min fars navn er Wally.

     

    * This could work in Danish by using an interposed sentence (by using the commas). It doesn't come off very natural, though. We would likely just say "Mine forældre kommer også fra Oregon", not specifying if they were born there or just lives there now.

     

    Great job, keep at it! :)

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    September 9, 2015
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    Jeg vil lære dansk

    Hej, jeg kommer fra Hangzhou i Kina, og jeg vil lære dansk nu*. Jeg kan tale kinesisk og engelsk.
    我来自中国杭州，想学丹麦语。我会说中文和英语。

     

    * you can totally say that, but it has a meaning of "I want to learn Danish RIGHT now". A more natural way would be "[...] og jeg vil gerne lære dansk." which is more "I would like to learn Danish".

     

    God fornøjelse!

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    August 26, 2015
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    Jeg vil gerne lære dansk

    Dansk er et interessant sprog. det er svært at udtale. Jeg kan godt lide lyden af dansk. Jeg har en dansk ven. Jeg har kendt hende siden vi gik* på universitetet. Jeg studerede musik. Jeg spillede bratsch og fløjte. Jeg kan ikke afspille** musik nu. Nu underviser jeg mine børn derhjemme. Tak!

     

    Notes

    Really great, keep up the good work! Not much to correct :)

     

    * What you wrote can definitely be said, however we would likely say "since we went to university" instead, and as such it becomes "siden vi gik på universitetet".

    ** I'm unsure what you're trying to say with this sentence - it might be correct, it depends on the meaning. What it means in its current context is "I cannot play music (as in, playing a record, listening to a song etc.)". It implies you're playing someone else's music on a music listening device, in order to listen to it.

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    April 22, 2015
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    15/4/19

    Hej. Jeg hedder Carmen. Mine forfædre kom fra Danmark men jeg er fra Amerika. Mit mellemnavn er Bergitte. Grunden til at jeg studerer dansk er, fordi jeg ønsker at genoplive min families kultur. Jeg snakker Engeslk engelsk og Korean koreansk. Korean Koreansk og dansk er ikke lignende ret ens*, dog har koreanskKorean har mange vokaler så danske vokaler er ikke meget så** vanskelige at pronouce udtale.

     

    Notes

    Very good, mainly it's grammar nitpicking - nice one!

     

    Any Dane would be able to pronounce Carmen just fine. However, Bergitte is an actual Danish name, although only a handful of people are called this in Denmark - another form, "Birgitte" is very common though!

     

    Grammar wise, languages in Danish are written in all lower caps, unless following a full-stop. The languages themselves ends in "sk" (dansk, engelsk, koreansk).

     

    * I struggled to find what we would actually use in this sentence. I think we would likely say "koreansk og dansk er meget forskellige" (Korean and Danish are very different [languages]) - the correction I've made works though, and litereally means "Korean and Danish are not very alike).

     

    ** Once again I struggled with this sentence. It flows better if you use "så" here, in which case the sentence becomes "is not that difficult to pronounce".

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    April 20, 2015
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