Expat Life: 20 Things I Love about Denmark and 2 that I DON'T(Part 2)

[@bjerrings]

We know danish is Hard that's why its so funny to make People say : rød grød med fløde 😂 because in denmark we are expectet to learn english, German, understand norwegian and swedish and som evan learn spanish and french so the fakt People cant say stuff is funny 😂 Sorry if it seems rude but it is meant as a joke, Danes greatly appreciate every attempt to speak Danish because it is so difficult

[@TrekkieGrrrl]

Well yeah .. I guess it's actually pretty cruel when we want foreigners to say "rødgrød med fløde" because it has a lot of sounds unfamiliar to English . It still is fun, though ;)

[@Anna133199]

It must be quite easy as a Dane to learn English, German and understand Swedish and Norwegian. You grew up with the most difficult language of them all. Learning these other languages must be a piece of cake compared to Danish.

[@GmodGTX]

@@Anna133199 English isn't too difficult, because of the rather loose nature of the language, as well as all of the exposure we get to it. However, German is such an incredibly structured leanguage with so many rules that it can be pretty difficult. It's quite different from Danish.

[@olivereckert2492]

@@GmodGTX when i as a German hear Danish I understand about 40 % with ever studying it.

[@tobimobiv1]

@@olivereckert2492 Danish and German as some similar words. We got a lot of German words into the Danish language. A word like fyraften - Feierabend. Is one that is directly translate able. So the words are not that hard. But how to structure a sentence in German is hard work. For me at least 🙂

[@veemcg3682]

Hi Kelly new subscriber from Northern Ireland. I watch Diane in Denmark on you tube and am learning from her how to housekeep more easily as I have serious health issues now and cannot manage in the way I used to. She is beautiful and goes skinny dipping every morning in the Danish North sea! Yes naked! I love her channel although I would never be able to live her lifestyle but she is fun and has been a great help to me. You might like her channel. I'm trying to summon up the courage to have a clothes swap party as Diane and her friends do. Thank you for these lovely videos and I hope you and your little family enjoy life in Denmark. God bless.vera

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Thanks for the nice message! Yes. She is definitely a go-getter! :) I wonder what my life would be like if I didn't have children to fill up my days! LOL My family lived for a time in N. Ireland before moving to the US. I'd love to see it one day. I'm sure it is a lovely place! :)

[@themooneys4358]

Denmark sounds like a great place! Adding it to our bucket list to visit!

[@niller2906]

Chris & Kymbrye Mooney i live here....it is dead boring for visitors...GO to the Bahamas. Lol

[@fex144]

@@niller2906 idiot.

[@fex144]

disregard the flamingo-idiot. It is a great place.

[@Drescher1984]

Just remember that we have seasons, so plan what you want to do to the correct time of year. And always be ready for weather to be "wrong" for the season.

[@flemmingandersen9283]

If you like fiery tales then Odense is H.C.Andersons home town.... north west coast of Jutland is full of ww2 bunkers. There is also towns dating back hundreds of years. In south west Jutland some towns date back almost 1000 years back

[@nicolaild]

i'm born and raised in denmark and i have literally never gone to church on Christmas neither have anyone i know :D but otherwise a good video, everything else was nice

[@TrekkieGrrrl]

I've never been to church at Christmas either, but my mother in law always does. So it's not REALLY rare. On the other hand, that is the only time of the year that a lot of Danes DO go to church :P

[@ralfhaggstrom9862]

Neither me in Finland ....................

[@tedrobertson1344]

In Sverige churches are empty, except Christmas Eve midnight mass - pa God Jul ! Same in Danmark.

[@ralfhaggstrom9862]

Same thing in Finland ! ...... @@tedrobertson1344

[@christinesrensen2265]

Dane here. My family goes to church on christmas and we have to go early to get a seat :P The churches are full on christmas day.

[@muhest]

When listing 20 things you love about DK ... you’re certainly allowed 2 things you don’t like. It is not to diss your attempts of speaking one of the hardest languages to learn ... but it’s konda fun for a dane to hear foreigners try pronouncing danish words and phrases. And don’t worry. People are secretly giving you mad props for the attempt.

[@magnushmann]

The flags outside the stores are only indirectly because there is a sale. It's actually because the store is celebrating it's birthday, which is a common thing for especially major chains and what not to do. Some even seem to have a "birthday" several times of year. Now what is always the case with these birthdays is that they simply have birthday sales, so it makes sense why one could confuse it possibly. So to sum it up, all they are really doing is the thing you do at birthdays; flagging. ;)

[@pipaluklserskriver]

💕 Sending you love for trying to Learn danish 💕 I know its Hard, but you try and thats All you have to do 💕

[@tedrobertson1344]

Thanks a lot, manga tack! ;;; your videos are so valuable & with a personal touch!

[@kamillastaunsbjerg8322]

You were very good at pronouncing the pork-foods tho 😂

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Kamilla Staunsbjerg Mange tak! That really means a lot! 😍

[@Uriel-Septim.]

@@MyNewDanishLife Pork is unclean, just ask your Children what a Cow eat, then a sheep, then ask them what a pig eat, remember you become what you eat, that also goes for animals and those who then eat the animals (Btw I'm a Christian Dane who lived half my life as a vegan and now eat meat, but never touch svine) P.s. Sweet girl who don`t want to eat animals: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqbEi5-heriHaMk .

[@Nubianette]

I went to Copenhagen for the 1st time to join my Norwegian friends at a beer festival. Me, African-American, 45 years old, woman hanging with 12 Norwegian guys. One lives in California where I live. Danes, in general are so chill, and it’s so comfortable being there! Now, I’ve been to Denmark 8 times. I’m a bit obsessed. I have my friends I visit, and others remember me, and for get I don’t live there. As a single chick, I wish I could have found more open men in Denmark and Iceland. Apparently people think I’m a lot younger, and I’m not a cougar, but the guys are pretty great! I wanted a guy who would have taken care of the kids as his job, and not a favor. Oops, too late! The food quality is really great, but the grocery stores confuse me. Also, I can’t eat pork. It makes me sick. So, I have to order carefully. Language is a game for me. My Norwegian friend’s will say a word, then I say how I think it is in Danish. Supposedly I’m pretty good. Hehe! When all fails, Kamelåså! 😆

[@thethirdtime9168]

In regards to the health care system and being allowed to stay home when sick because the government takes care of people, I just always wondered why there'd be a government if it didn't work towards that - shouldn't taking care of your people be the main priority? And that being the population as a whole, not just select parts? Why don't everyone demand that? I'm very spoiled being from Denmark, and I know that...

[@Donnah1979]

You're right. Working FOR the people should be the top priority for all politicians. Unfortunately, not all election-systems work well, and the elections have been "rigged" in the US. Besides, politicians usually take big money from corporations for their election campaigns. - They are then expected to "favor" their sponsors after the election...

[@freeinformation9869]

Stupidity and corruption. And those two explains nearly ALL problems in this world btw.

[@madshagen5849]

When it comes to frikadeller try the lamb variety. In my childhood home they came with a tinge of rosemary

[@LuiWallentinGttler]

Always fun to hear how Denmark and the Danes are viewed from someone who was not born here. And the 2 things you don't like is so so understandable. Especially the language. And I hope for most Danes it's not out of malice, when we chuckle a little of non native speakers. It's actually because it's so damn difficult to 100% learn Danish. And at least for my generation (42 years old) the "can you say rødgrød med fløde" is almost a cultural thing, you 'have' to throw in the face, of a non native speaker. But you do seem to have a pretty good grasp on pronouncing Danish. So it's clear that you have put in some effort, which is greatly appreciated.

[@sylvesterburke9440]

Tbh the Danes love that we have such a difficult language 😂

[@dorothykimunyu5184]

😂

[@henningthye94]

One of the charms about meeting foreigner is the different dialects, accents and so on. Dont worry about making mistakes when speakin danish, danes don't care as long as we can communicate.. and.... welcome to denmark

[@gabriels4151]

Thank you for these videos I'm moving to Denmark in a month with my family and they really help

[@najavejersgaard4077]

Jeg syntes det med vores mønter, var sjovt. Tak godt et sjovt og hyggeligt information.💖🇩🇰

[@KoldingDenmark]

When I in the 1970's went to the 2nd Real, equivalent to the 9th grade, we had an exchange student from Illinois. She was fluent in Danish after 9 months! The problem for foreigners who want to learn Danish, is that Danes love to speak English. We talk about this a lot at my place of work. Even those who actually speak Danish quite well, are spoken to in English. That is wrong. If Danes keep doing that, foreigners will never learn our language and they will miss out on many little things in our daily life, you will only pick up and not misunderstand if you speak the language.

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Btw. About speaking Danish: Don´t sweat it. We have something like 43 different ways of pronouncing our vowel sounds. Just learn how to speak the language,- don´t worry about the pronunciation, - you´ll never get it right anyway. :)

[@lamakagen]

"don´t worry about the pronunciation, - you´ll never get it right anyway." i dont know about that.. When she said spegepølse and leverpostej it sounded perfect to me so it's not impossible lol

[@natasja3984]

Funny you mentioned Viborg when I’m from here - actually Café Reborn just re-opened this Wednesday so maybe you should visit it in the new location 😃

[@Lasse1357]

I remember my school dentist.. Jerry, he came in once a week to make us wash our mouthes in flourine... We competed in making him say bakterier, not out of anything mean, but because it sounded funny. We were kids, and didn't know better

[@MrBaskevin]

I love your videos. Makes me miss Denmark a bit... But dont mess with the Leverpostej. 😆😆😆

[@LiquidBlackWolf]

The narrow long flag is called a "vimple" and it's because a flagpole is not supposed to stand empty. And a full flag is not supposed to be up after sundown unless it's illuminated.

[@neverthebride1243]

I love your videoes about my country. ❤️

[@juliamorales6620]

US is changing with the diets and more restaurants offer a variety of salads and dressings as well as broiled entrees.

[@carstenhoeifoto]

How can one not love this woman??? She's nailing us Danes so spot on. And what an eye for our peculiarities she has. Keep this channel airborne, woman, I loooovee it :-)

[@SimonRaahauge1973]

Yes. Pork here, pork there, pork everywhere.. I understand you, even though I like my pork. But I like other things too. :oD

[@stefanllegaard1547]

The bus drives around with the flag on special occasions. We are waiving the flag when picking up families and friends at the airport. We decorate Christmas trees and birthday cakes with flags.

[@SimonRaahauge1973]

The three most difficult languages to learn from new in the world: greenlandic, danish and chinese in that order (greenland of course be a part of the danish kingdom)

[@tedrobertson1344]

Tell the US President that, ...and he will avoid your house by making a detour

[@lameduck3105]

Funny thing about danish pork. There's actually a breed called Danish Landrace Pig which has an extra set of ribs for that sweet sweet bacon. A big part of why Danish pork is such a big part of our exports.

[@XpiRai]

Thx for the 2 parts ( 20 points ). That was really fun to watch as a dane and see how many things we just take for granted because well that´s how it´s always been :D And it´s lovely in these times to see a person that really enjoy being here and are trying to live here "the danish way". When it comes to your 2 "downsides" well then yeah we are a bunch of A-holes when it comes to that though it should only be done to you when it´s clearly in a funny situation and not be just dragged out for their entertainment. All in all thumbs up for the nice talk about our lovely little country :D

[@admiralandersen]

You know what? I like that you live with all of us here in Denmark :-)

[@MrTmn2401]

Just found your channel, and i'm impressed. You are doing a GREAT job. 1000 tak for dine videoer.

[@SmoKKz0r]

Got damn i love Danish Christmas!!!

[@imajinallthepurple]

I don't eat pork either. Yuk! But you can get or make most things in a poultry variety now - I do! Be it frikadeller, leverpostej, spegepølse or whatever. Even bacon comes in a turkey variety! So maybe you could sneak it past them that way sometimes. 😄 Thankfully there are more and more products for people like me and you, even in the smaller towns (mine is even smaller than yours by the way). Love to hear your point of view on things as seen by a foreigner! ❤️

[@joyful6489]

I like your videos very much. Please make a video of a walk around your town and show historical places like old homes, churches, small museums, cobblestone streets, etc. Also, please make a video showing what it looks like outside when the winter days have no daylight or very little daylight and the Northern Lights. I live in Ohio and we don't see them. Thanks

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Joy C I’m a bit secretive with where I live, since the town I live in is very small, but I will gladly do this with Viborg! There is much more to see there anyway! I’d also love to show a comparison between churches and cathedrals in Denmark. I can show you our little church. Where are you from in Ohio? I was born there? 😊

[@tony1954]

15:57 That's because you are forgetting the potato. We all have a small piece of potato stuck in our throat at all times. Edit: 16:45. Noted

[@gloriousrobotbunny3275]

Your pronounciations are really great

[@thomasroedgaard117]

@ My New Danish Life I think you are a great addition to danish society :-D What about safety? Don`tyou feel pretty safe at night here?

[@bibanaaac9061]

It's looks very similar to Netherland, also about the hardness of language.

[@ErikBramsen]

The "hearts" on the coins are from the national coat of arms, and are most likely stylized linden leafs, or so I've heard.

[@TheKIMANO]

Hi ,- thanks for the videos. Just for trying to speak Danish you will get points.

[@user-fi9wx2vb9e]

I love your excitement! I could listen to you all day! :D Keep up the good work! Ps. sorry for all the Pork! We do love it! :D:D:D:D:D

[@maxblaster18]

awesome video - funny and precise :)

[@t0rb1naalborg44]

we don't all go to church on Christmas eve/afternoon, far from, but some do, once a year ;-)

[@jeagerpoelse]

As a dane I find it funny hearing your point of view of our country, subscribed :) Few things about the flag. We also use it for funerals, but its only halfway up the flagpole, which signifies a loss of any kind. Youre also not supposed to have your flag out after it starts to get dark, atleast where I come from(near Herning) they say youre keeping your flag out for satan(not really but take your flag down before it gets too gloomy outside). Also a fun fact: the danish flag is actually the oldest flag in the world still in use(its gone through some changes but the general gist of it is the same). Loved the video, glad to have you

[@MyNewDanishLife]

jeagerpoelse Thanks for the flag info. We do half mass too, but I would never think to do that myself. It seems that businesses do it mostly. It could also be that we don’t normally have flag poles!😂

[@Fetguf]

@@MyNewDanishLife What most people dont realize is that we have at least 3 different flags. The square one are the peoples, and the Split Flag are the states, and the royals have their own Split Flag with their crest on it. There are some laws about the flags and how to use it, but most is guidelines, Like: Dont let the flag touch the ground, Dont leave the flag up after sunset, unless it is illuminated and so on. An ex on a law is, that you would need a permission from the local policechief to use the Star and Stripes on your flagpole.

[@richardejgaardfrandsen7502]

@@Fetguf you can use any national flag on your flagpole, BUT you have to have the danish flag on the same pole, on top, and it has to be the biggest of the to. if you use 2 poles, the danish flag most be significantly higher

[@kasperkrogsgaard6418]

Syndes det er fedt at du også siger noget som du ikke syndes så godt om for der er jo helt sikkert noget men altid godt at man Tør at sige det 👍👍👍🇩🇰

[@Tommysimonsen]

You can find things in Danish secondhand stor`s, older then America XD Sadly of late, 10-20 years, secondhand store prises have gone up, a lot. They are more priced like Antik shops then secondhand, and sure some stuff are antik as well. But it use to be a place for people with less money, to start out a new apartment, today, it`s cheaper to go to Ikea, and the upper/higher classes use secondhand shops as discount antik shops. And we still all so have real Antik shops. So we sort of lost real secondhand shops, apart from for cloth.

[@JackDemonXD]

Not all Danes go to church on Christmas, only the more religious ones... I have never gone to church on Christmas, and I don't know any that have... :)

[@andersjjensen]

Older people and people in villages still practice this quite a bit. City clickers categorically don't.

[@JackDemonXD]

@@andersjjensen I wouldn't say that I live in a city... It's more of a town (Aarup)... With a couple of fields (the farming kind) around it... :)

[@andersjjensen]

When I lived in Ranum (population 700, middle of nowhere) people still did it.. granted the average age in Ranum is between retirement and isle 4 row 7.

[@CarstenNielsen1971]

Well I don't go either, not christian, but I celebrate the winter solstice 🙂 and just some info about jul. Jul is actually a part of the wiking age 😁 Nice videos 👍

[@JackDemonXD]

@@CarstenNielsen1971 ... Adam ruins everything ... watched the one about Christmas a couple of years ago XD

[@tehilash7292]

Please add your videos visuals. Like when you talk about flowers or second hand stores...

[@thomassencindiver]

Thank you for sharing. I really enjoyed your rant about pork, that really had me laughing. I can just imagine your situation completely.

[@brianrsnes7875]

It’s always interresting to hear a “foreigner” talk about what you know and live! That be your country or otherwise your way of life. I think you’re right in a lot of ways. We danes are a little restricted towards strangers. We absolutely don’t mean to be rude, but If you’re in a hurry you’ll answer a direct question. Not get into smalltalk! Just as if you’re in a bar and someone approaches you and your friends. It’s rude to ignore, but not to gently say: hey I’m here with my friends. We sometime like our personal space! Men du gør det da meget godt i vores lille smørhul Danmark 😊

[@christinesrensen2265]

Danish is hard! From i have heard so far, you sound pretty good ;) It is so hard to master the skill of taking with a potato in your mouth :D

[@trinesandns4947]

As a norwegian, I find the danish language difficult to understand as well, lol. Written danish is very simular to norwegian, but when they start to speak, I turn into a questionmark. In Norway we say that the danish has a hot potato stuck in their throat when they speak. Hope I 'm not offending the danes too much...

[@Error-mk2hw]

Thanks for your nice and great input. As a Dane I like to hear input from all newcomers 😊 .. Welcome to DK, and I mean that, and thanks for your great vids. Yep Danish is hard, but as we speak a Germanic tongue, English is hard for us as well. Why we learn it from 2second grade and German and french from 4th grade and on, depending on parents and school. Even though we lent more then 1000 words and grammar to the English language, no need to thank us 😁... How many languages besides Spanish, do Americans learn in school? But you should be happy about the norse grammar, it has almost none to do with Latin, and it's so much more flexible, compared to German, french, Italian, Spanish. And yes it's hard to pronounce, but keep up😉. About pig meat as you mentioned you do live in Jylland, and here pig meat is an everyday Hardy meal along with potatoes and potatoes, probably as cheese on all meals is for Americans. Not so much on Sjælland. About pigs, everyday we have 24-30 million pigs in dk, and it earns DK 2.79 billions $ a year in exports. So we are invested in pigs. Honestly I find most Americans prudish and shallow. I'm sure most of you are not, but Danes don't say anything they don't mean. We don't even have a word for please. So when Americans say how are you?, or heard so much about you, (and you really don't mean it, just being polite) we really don't get it. Have you heard about me? Do you really want to know how I am? Or what's going on? Also the unspoken law you often mention, on your channel, about equality and not feeling better then everyone else, is called jante law. I hope you are are felling Danish by now, and I would be really happy knowing you teaching English to Danish kids, that would be a massive gain for DK. All the best and thanks for some great videos.

[@viborgguys1]

The danish flag is actually the oldest flag in the world 🇩🇰

[@JackDemonXD]

*still in use... there are much older flags in the world, but the danish flag is the oldest still in use :)

[@CPHansen90]

It is The oldest national flag

[@JackDemonXD]

@@CPHansen90 From what I could find on the internet, the Scotland Saltire flag is the oldest and was used from the year 832 (don't know when they stoped using it), ther are 2 other flags too that are older than Dannebrog (which, from what I could find, has been used since ca. 1307) :)

[@CPHansen90]

@@JackDemonXD The scotish saltire is still in use but while there are myths about it being used as a national flag in the 9th century the oldest concrete evidence is mutch later.

[@gnawershreth]

It's the oldest national flag in continuous use. There are older flags, there are older national flags etc. but either they aren't national flags anymore, the country may not even be a country anymore, the country used another flag for a period of time or whatever. It's not like we invented flags.

[@JoviesHome]

This was such a nice video to watch, you are so uplifting and positive. And a lil bit sassy at the end 😂❤️. Congrats on 500 subscribers!

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Thanks and thanks! :)

[@Steelmage99]

I totally respect the 2 things you don't like.

[@jameskavanagh4315]

Everything is hard in the beginning, but it will come to you eventually (Danish). If Danes want to speak English to you, let them, but answer in danish. If there’s a will, there’s a way. Your know when your getting good at danish, when a Dane asks you where you come from. At the start, they know where you come from, and when you get much better at the language, they can hear your not danish, but cannot pinpoint the accent. I’m originally from London, but I’m at the stage where some people think I’m from north/west jutland😂 . Christmas is great in Denmark. I love it too, but how does Santa get all the presents under the tree on the 24th ?😀 But adapting to a new country is a long process. Your also changing yourself. I found the first 5/7 years exciting, kinda novel. Then I started pining for England/London for a while. Got over that, and I’m now a fully immersed ex pat in Denmark. PS. Your know when your really becoming a Dane aswell. And that’s when you start to think in Danish, and not English.

[@MrTheatrick]

That small flag is because it is tecnicaly illegal to fly the big one after dark ^^

[@TheJoergenDK]

About pork: We have chicken options, and even vegan ones. In Copenhagen ;)

[@andersjjensen]

This may come as a complete surprise to you, but even up here in Aalborg we have vegan stuff. Every café has a couple of vegan options, and the hippie friendly ones have several.

[@rickimoberg6849]

Det klaret du godt.👍

[@Gaston4760]

take it easy 😅 even Danes may have difficulty understanding each other the Danish language is a mixture of a bit of it all. BUM is a southern Jutland word for candy so the Danish language is many things but easy is not one of them

[@grunkles]

As a vegan looking to move there, it's awesome getting your vegetarian insights! You should do a video on it! But great video, super helpful.

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Which part are you moving to? If you are going to a big city, you will have an easier time with vegan foods.

[@MyNewDanishLife]

P.S. I'm hoping to get some more info on this on my blog in 2020. Let me know if you have any towns for suggestions, and I'll see what I can do.

[@JorgeBarreraC]

Thanks for the video! Can you make now a video of the things you dislike ? That would be pretty cool

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Jorge Barrera That might take some time to make! 🤔😂I will see what I can do!

[@miko_gacha153]

I agree with the Danish language I live in Denmark my whole life livestrong whittling greige

[@ha181293]

So I have a question, so you've said that you have kids, now I don't know if any of them are teenagers yet, but at some point they're going to be. So my question is; how do you feel about the alcohol culture and how we don't have an age limit, are you worried about that as an American -in Denmark the teen years are the "alcohol and partying" years which are very different from America where it's mostly in your twenties as far as I've understood

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Heidi My boys are six and nine, so I have a long time to wait to deal with that issue. My oldest doesn’t even like to drink soda pop, so I have a feeling that he probably won’t like to drink alcohol either. My younger one will be the one I’ll be worried about probably.😂

[@f1nn0]

I love your way to write about Denmark :-) although it must be a bit difficult to live as a vegan in the "middle of nowhere" in Jylland. Your videos are very inspiring! (Finn, Denmark) (y)

[@montypython4ever]

i did go to church on christmas when i was a child. im not relegius anymore so there is no point, yet i always watch the chrismas mass from the vatican at midnight drinking left over wine. its for the sake of tradition. like, im not a royalist, but i watch the queens speech at new year. where have you been to in denmark?

[@runesrensen663]

You make me proud to ba a dane. You are more than welcome here in danmark.

[@MyNewDanishLife]

+Rune Sørensen mange tak😊

[@donaldsmith7824]

I married a danish woman in L A 1964 she said adios to the US 69, I pkanted myself here now since 1996, I live my life here. I imitate Jysk.

[@siljejensen6749]

I'm danish and i agree with you on the first things you don't like about Denmark

[@heineolsen7546]

Where in Jutland do you live? I'm from Herning

[@linepilegaard9871]

The little hearts on the money is most likely inspired by the Danish coat of arm :)

[@sveingeraldhansen7275]

English is a Scandinavian language In English it is almost the opposite - the day-to-day words are Nordic, and they are strikingly many, tell the language professor, to be judged: "We show that English as we know the language today is a direct descendant of the language of Scandinavians who settled on Dei British Islands for many centuries before the French-speaking Normans conquered the country in 1066," says Faarlund. For a long time it has been known that a lot of words in the English language are so-called loan words from Norwegian and Danish Vikings and their descendants, Jan Terje Faarlund professor at the Department of Nordic Studies and Literature believes that the fundamental structure is so similar that English is a Scandinavian language . True, many of the English words resemble ours. But there is something more than that: the basic structure itself is strikingly similar to Norwegian. Errors that others do we avoid because the grammar is largely the same, says Faarlund to the research magazine Apollon. Faarlund further tells that modern and old English is so different that there are reasons to believe that Old English died out. - Instead, Nordic survived, but obviously strongly influenced by Old English. The "cohabitation" between the British and the Scandinavians was largely hostile. Both fought for political power. The descendants of the Vikings got control of the eastern and northern parts of the country. The Danel Act was under Nordic chieftains for half a hundred years. - An extremely important geographical point in our study is that the East Midland area, where the speech later developed into modern English, falls almost exactly with the densely populated southern part of the Danelag, says Professor Faarlund. Furthermore, he points out that Old English already contained 90 per cent of the words taken from Nordic. - What is particularly interesting is that Old English took up words for everyday things that the language had before. The common thing is to use loan words - words and concepts for new things. In English, it is almost the opposite - the everyday words are Nordic, and they are strikingly many, says Faarlund.

[@bushthebandit]

Smile you are so funny, i like you video

[@Gert-DK]

A (long) tip if you are going to live in DK. We do know that danish is a hard language to learn. The positive side is that you will recieve an enormous respect for learning it. Look at the Crownprincess, after under a year in DK (I think) she held her first public speech in Danish!!! It gave her a huge respect, cause we now its difficult. From that moment, she was Danish in the eyes of the public. So are you going to settle down in DK, start learning Danish as soon as possible. No reason to postponed it. You will meet people and they will ask how long have you been here? I have been here for 3 month. Wauw, you have already good at it. It realy is number 1 way to impress the danes. Don't fall into the pit, saying it's not necessary, cause nearly all danes speak english. Right now, I think Danish lessons are free, so why not use that freebie? Modern ways to teach the language has made it easier. I actually know a woman that took theese classes, she said it was fun and she looked forward to the next lesson. So out of the woodwork, take classes learn new stuff, meet some muscles in your tongue, that you didn't know you had and maybe get new friends.

[@sumanalandqvist]

I'm from Sweden and i find it difficult to understand Danish, I prefer to talk English if I pay a visit. 😂

[@StefanBuscheZUKUL]

In fact, the danish language is stopping us in the moment to move to Denmark. But I guess it will not be forever like that, because we love the country and the people so much. As a german who also speaks english, it´s ok to read danish. There are many words that looks familiar, but the pronoucation and the listening is really the hardest part. I always say, Danish sounds like a very drunk german tries to speak english ;)

[@nicolajherskind7033]

Kelly if you are tired of "Rød grød med fløde" I have another for you: "Hvad er der i vejen med vejen i vejen?"

[@Lupinemancer87]

Christmas in Denmark doesn't actually originate from Christianity (yes I know Christians wants you to think otherwise) but actually originates from an old Viking tradition called Yül which is where the danish word for the event (Jul) froms from.

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Kenji87 Neat!

[@LadyDoomsinger]

In my experience, most Danes know our language is hard, and that you have trouble pronouncing it doesn't make us think less of you - in fact we respect you all the more for making the effort. When we make fun of something you say, we're not making fun of you, we're making fun of how ridiculous our own language is.

[@imajinallthepurple]

Very well put! That's exactly it - it's not you, it’s the absurdity of the language we're laughing at. So please don't take it to heart! 😘

[@AngelinaDancingWithAngels]

Like you mentioned about the Queen of Denmark.. She is Danish her Late husband prins Henrik "Henri" = French. Her kids crownprins Frederik married and Australian woman Mary. Prins Joachim he married a foreigner Alexandra from Eastern country and got 2 kids with her and now Prins Joachim is marrried to a French woman Marie. So Danish people often marry foreigners from different countrys..😉😃🙏👍 .. your heart knows what the heart wants, and love isen't a barriere often to other countrys. If you are in love you are in love, no matter the country or age differents 😉😉😃🙏👍👍

[@梁小玉-g7v]

Have subscribed. Could you make a video of the love story with your husband? ❤ Mange Tak.

[@amenhonestly2120]

I don't like most pork, I'm more into cow and chicken - I'm actualy having chicken tonight But I can understand why it would be difficult as a veg for you to smell it.. I don't like the smell of it :c But I'm sohappy you aren't forcing your choices on your kids and husband ^^ I think Imma subscribe

[@torbenjohansen6955]

the reason danish is so hard is that we don't pronounce the words the same way we write them.

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Torben Johansen I’m learning that! 😂 My youngest is learning to read, while I’m learning to pronounce! We are helping each other!

[@sismofytter]

And we speak with the back of our trout :-)

[@CorbenDallas007]

@@sismofytter throat! Trout is a fish!

[@bjarneboy]

Plz make a video about 20 things u hate about Denmark. Its sooo funny 😂 Im danish by the way

[@gnawershreth]

On the flag thing, I think the difference is the way we use our flag. When you see a grocery store celebrating their "birthday" (anniversary or whatever) and using flags, it's not to give off "YAY DENMARK! #1!! WOOO!!" vibes and no one (sane) gets all teary eyed about it or whatever. The flas just means "Festivity" and "Celebration" to us. It really has nothing to do with the country of Denmark most of the time when we use the flag, it has simply become a festive symbol. The vast majority of us don't think of it as something "nationalistic" or whatever, but simply as a symbol of celebration. Now obviously it's different at a international football match or whatever, then it's about representing the country for obvious reasons, and of course our actual nationalists will use it as well, it's also their flag after all. They're just such a tiny minority of the "flag users" in Denmark that it's not what the majority of people think of when they see the flag being flown. When I walk through my town seeing the streets lined with flags, I don't get teary eyed or overwhelmed with pride or whatever, I just wonder what they're celebrating. It's probably a town fair or something but I don't always keep up with that stuff in advance so I only know about it when I see the flags. We really do have a different way of using our flag compared to most other countries I think, although I do believe our fellow Nordic people use their flags in much the same way, as a sign of celebration and not one of nationalism or whatever.

[@transparentghost2817]

Bacon is not a food, bacon is a spice! :)

[@nicolajherskind7033]

Bacon is life. ;-)

[@andersjjensen]

Danish is OBJECTIVELY hard. I heard a talk by a language professor (who spoke 14 languages fluently!), who said that almost everyone would learn Danish faster if they used German as a stepping stone. Yup.. learning a completely different language, which has SOME sense of structure and systematic grammar, but is still vaguely related, will make the oddities of Danish (and learn-by-heart grammar) more approachable.....

[@freeinformation9869]

sure, but German? Can't see how that would help. Grammatically German is completely backwards compared to Danish. And then German words have gender. Also the pronunciation is very different. The difficult things to learn when speaking Danish are the subtleties. The soft d's fx. And German has a lot of emphasis on hard stuttering, which, if applied to Danish, makes it sound awful and weird.

[@Krydolph]

Its not to make you feel bad, danes just find it incredibly funny to have foreigners pronounce words they know are hard... Its like bad dad jokes, it isn't really funny, but we can't help our selves. And its important for you to know, that even though we are laughing, we are not thinking bad about you in any way, we know our language is hard.

[@MyNewDanishLife]

+Krydolph I’ll keep this in mind when I watch tomorrow’s video! 😂

[@fritnat]

It's pretty funny here with flags flaking and speaking with the backs of trouts! Face to face Kelly couldn't keep a straight face, that's for sure! OMG I hadn't even gotten to the sucking dust... this is hilarious!

[@jensgoerke3819]

Danish isn't all that hard for Germans - I lived in Flensburg for about a decade and picked up a bit of the Danish language through everyday life, just enough to get by and for simple conversations, even though those quickly switched to English.

[@mariannejensen349]

The small narrow sort of flag, is like a vimple. A wind-marking kind of cloth. Those houses, having a flagpole, there is a particular flag law, to follow, as well. We don't have a flagpole where I live though. I think the habbit of going to church the day of Christmas Eve, actually differs, depending on where you live in Denmark. The church I go to, can have like three Christmas services, and the church is full at all of them. And to a point, where the door can't even be closed....! Do you then watch the Disney's Christmas show, shown at 4 pm, on the day of Christmas Eve? (I think it's 4 pm, I might be wrong) Speaking of money. The Danish 50 crown notes, 100 crown notes and so on, today, you see the bridges, I think it is. Earlier, it was for example the author of Karen Blixen on the 50 crown notes, and Carl Nielsen, on the 100 crown notes. - You didn't go from 14 to 16, did you? There should be vegetarian friendly dishes you could cook for yourself, if you google it, or go have a look in some of those woman magazines. It's ok. Danish IS hard. IT sounds funny, but so does it do, if French speak English. It's all fine. Our ø's, try practicing saying o and e, close after one another. Our æ's in most words, can be sort of replaced with an e sound to it. In stead of "apple", for example, maybe "eble" would be closer to be right. Our r's are like a growling dog, in most words. And in words where our d's are heard, they're either behind the teeth, as in "hund"; the n-sound is shortened by the 'd' in the end. Or in the big foreigner-testing sentence; "Rød grød med fløde" a classic thing. All d's in this sentence, sort of matches the th-sounding words in English. You put your tongue between the teeth in the same sort of way. By keep on practicing, I'm sure you'll be good in the end. It is hard. I agree. And there are sentences being even hard for Danes to say. Stativ, stakit, kasket, several times faster. (The three words mean "Rack, "fence" and "cap") or "Jeg plukker frugt med en brugt frugtplukker", meaning "I pick fruit, with a used fruit picker", I think. That is a test even to Danes, because it is so much in the throat, most of the words. See how the kids handle that, next time.

[@sine-nomine]

We have a Danish word called "kultur-kristen". It means a person, who doesn't really believe in God per se, but who will still attend church at baptisms, confirmations, weddings, funerals, Christmas mass and perhaps at Easter.

[@bibianaw.pedersen4949]

Its a great place,l love the clean tap water that l dont need to Worry drinking Straight from the tap,Danish recycle system from bottles to all the waste segregation every coin is utilize to the Best of benefiting every one and nature. We always make extra money through empty bottles and cand,l love Denmark ❤🇩🇰

[@Gadeberg90]

Just be glad that you aren't a Dane who doesn't particularly like pork very much ;-) And don't feel to bad about finding the language hard to learn. It is really hard especially because Danish doesn't have that many clear grammatic rules and a lot of of funny/weird sounds and pronounciations. And to be honest plenty of Danes talks funny just try to listen to some of the dialects. :-)

[@kennethhansen4240]

sry mi bad righting english ... but all hu vint to lean danis we love to help .. thos the dosen wik to try .. hmmmmm you know wet the dane think ..... on danis alt mit engelsk er selvlært af pc spild jeg er også orblind men jeg gør mit beste men gode videoer du laver :)

[@kennyjacobsen2637]

Where did you live before you moved to denmark? Just asking 😊

[@MyNewDanishLife]

Kenny Jacobsen Outside of Chicago!

[@TheJoergenDK]

Universal healthcare - as it is called in the public discourse - is really just the people ganging up against speculative insurance to get the best deal possible - their own public apparatus. This obstructs - but it doesn't rule out - private insurance. It just makes it yet another option for thse who can afford it. Mind you, the two systems actually compete, for better and for worse. The more of one thing the less of another... So, left and right are not extinct polarities at all.. ;) But again, thank you for your positivity, generosity and not least, diplomacy, to die for ;)

[@freeinformation9869]

The coop idea

[@charlottejessen8842]

I Know it is a Old video, but dont Feel too bad about the language. It is hard. My dad is from England and have been living here for over 30 years. He is understandble but has trouble pronouncing Stuff and the grammar and a Lot of accent. But he speaks danish very well. And as some people have said. Sorry if you or other people find it rude that we ask you to Say Something in Danish. It is just fun and games cus we Know it is difficult. Btw my Dad always says that one thing he found "Weird" about the language was how slow it goes. Dont Know if every foreigner feels that way...? 🤷‍♀️