SWEDISH VS DANISH - Guess the person - Language challenge

Language challenge between a Swedish guy and a Danish girl. We try to guess the person through me describing in Swedish and her describing in Danish. There are subtitles in Danish and Swedish with English translation. The languages are sometimes very similar and sometimes very different. We filmed this in Copenhagen. We had so much fun. This is our fourth language challenge video together, always with many laughs.
Check the playlist for more language videos: • Language Challenge
My channel is packed with Swedish tutorials and language challenges where you can learn everything from nouns and verbs to grammar and special Swedish words. I also talk about places in Sweden and where you as a tourist can visit. I have made youtube videos for over 10 years and 10 Swedish Words started with me explaining 10 Swedish words that don't exist in English. You can also find videos about Norse Mythology, my deep-talk series Good Talk (which now has its own channel) and other info about Sweden and Swedish culture.
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Cheers
-Martin in Sweden

[@eplecor]

Her vibe is the best with you! Hope you guys get to do more together!

[@Axel-ek8lm]

they're so cute together!

[@vat69man2002]

You make the perfect couple and so relaxed in each other’s company. You are also fantastic teachers.

[@theherk]

James Earle Jones... (who is that). Jeremy Irons... (what now)... Beyonce? THE LION KING! :D

[@egorpanfilov]

Please, more videos with that handsome Danish girl! :) Love your synergy!

[@pranavtiwari6772]

Beautiful Danish girl*

[@ole7146]

And a good example on, that Danes and Sweds CAN understand the majority of each others languages, if we have the will to listen carefully and speak slow. A lot of Danes knows Swedish words that differs from Danish, guess the same goes for Sweds, which obviously helps.

[@xolang]

I think Martin has a leg up in understanding Danish since he's from Malmö. Swedish speakers from other parts of the country may find it harder to understand Danish, especially spoken Danish.

[@oskich]

​@@xolang It's just about exposure - You need to tune your ears to the other language ;) I had trouble understanding Danish at first, but after speaking with a lot of Norwegians and watching Danish news it's not that hard to understand :)

[@xolang]

@@oskich Exactly. Living in Malmö gives you much more exposure to Danish, not to mention the Scanian accent/dialect that in several ways closer to Danish is. 😀

[@lmatt88]

@@oskich Probably Swedes from Stockholm would find Danish easier than Western Norwegian dialects lol

[@oskich]

@@lmatt88 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bGO7mKGuZdSsY7M

[@micaelaaguirre9358]

Hi! I’m from Argentina. Loved the video (but didn’t understand a word, thanks for the subtitles btw!) ❤️❤️

[@Holzkissen.]

Nadie entiende el danes jajaja muchos daneses tienen problemas para entenderse por los dialectos jajaja

[@bayern9220]

I'm goin crazy about Dansk🤩! Ich lern' diese Spache und am nächsten wünsch Ich nach Dänemark zu fahren. Danke für dein Video!

[@simonbannow3905]

we need your "arbeit"!

[@gigiyoung0109]

I am currently learning swedish at school, and omg your accent is so strong that me, as a beginner, can hear it and notice the differences between the way my teacher is speaking and you are speaking ! That's so interesting thank you ! P.S : Actually I am french and it seems like a french speaking in swedish with a strong accent, especially in the "r" !

[@TheSwedishLad]

My southern dialect is much closer to continental language groups like Roman and Germanic. Trés bien.

[@xolang]

it's cool that you brought "hen" up. it's a really useful Swedish word especially in situations like this. my father tongue doesn't distinguish her & him either. quite practical. For those who are wondering, "hen" can mean henne/honom/hon/han. the idea came from Finnish "hän" (pronounced like Danish "han"). Finnish, just as numerous other languages in the world, does not distinguish her/him. it's quite an interesting coincidence that Swedish is Finland's second official language, and that Finnish "hän" is similar to Swedish "hen" (she) and "han" (he).

[@frodehjelmerviken2526]

6:03 her reaction is cool

[@anxoaa]

Muy interesante escuchar dos idiomas que son tan diferentes al español. Muchas gracias. Estoy tratando de aprender algo de danés. Espero sigan subiendo estos vídeos, son muy entretenidos. Felicitaciones. Saludos desde Valdivia, sur de Chile.

[@NOTES1]

Your videos are best with her...please make more of them with her. Perfect couple!

[@rogerdubarry8505]

Just like Old English, once you listen to the sounds and are not distracted by the spelling, many words become suddenly familiar.

[@jjohanesson9139]

This has to be one of the most funny and wholesome clips on KZbin. 😂😂😂😂

[@TheSwedishLad]

It was a lot of fun to record.

[@Holzkissen.]

Your babys are going to be the most beatiful scandinavians angels

[@scipioafricanus5871]

09:03 Dude just upped his game.

[@herrbonk3635]

Trevligt, men karaktären som subjekt låter konstigt på svenska. Figuren sa man förr.

[@steakismeat177]

I got that he was talking about the lion king, but I couldn’t remember who the main character was.

[@LukaDebiL]

Åm Ī fĺůêñţ ïň Șŵėďįșĥ

[@TheSwedishLad]

Ja :)

[@LukaDebiL]

@@TheSwedishLad Ťĥåñķ ÿöü

[@Hibcon]

Im pretty impressed that you saw Michael Jackson live lol

[@AussieMoneyMan]

My thoughts exactly

[@TheSwedishLad]

Sami Küçükata thank you. I needed that ;)

[@TomWaldgeist]

Dere virker som kjæreste av hverandre :D

[@rastenb]

TheSwedishLad, the greatest!! imitated but never equaled You are a great man who makes world better. Thanks

[@larissapopovych6551]

It's cheating, he speaking with danish accent. ;) ;)

[@muhyadindahir3188]

Yes because he come from in skåne in sweden

[@stuartdryer1352]

I am pretty o,d now but when I was a teenager I lived in Stockholm. These videos remind d me of that time and make me happy. Once Americans are free to travel again, and who knows when that will be 😣, I need to make another visit. I cant understand more than 10% of the Danish. I can still get about 60% of the Swedish. It would come back fast.

[@davidkasquare]

The Greta thing was awesome, greetings from Helsinki Finland 👍🏼🇫🇮

[@theodoros3239]

It seems that there is a mutual intelligibility between Swedish, Danish, Norwegian and (maybe) Icelandic language. I was wondering which speaker of these languanges can understand better all the others?

[@TheSwedishLad]

Swedish and Norwegian are probably the closest, all though people in southern Sweden get their fair amount of Danish.

[@exelentation1]

You should marry that girl Martin...she is nice, smart, charming, with a great command of her emotions, etc...

[@v3g627]

no u

[@postmortem862]

Ja.

[@draganbalzic4493]

Martin you should have described Kalle Anka!

[@zocario9955]

I thought the first one the guy said was Hamlet. Until we were told it was recent...

[@RetroAdz]

You give porridge to Santa in Sweden?! I did not know that. In England we give mince pies and milk

[@helenemaja0912]

In denmark we give to the nisse a sort of elf

[@imnotgaybut6408]

Its a sweet porridge, with cinnamon and butter

[@nero7469]

Swedish vs Estonian or Hungarian?

[@robertirving5891]

Angela Merkel and Father Christmas were the easiest. You guys are such good fun ❤

[@furkanaydogan534]

Simba tog mycket tid 🦁

[@vkt2805]

05:02 I think I'm gonna make this as a ringtone so I can hear it more often

[@charliecurilan4110]

Dude, marry her.

[@KerstinMamma]

6:17 yeeeeaaaaaaaahhh that would be my face as well if I didn't have subtitles.

[@makkonen0]

I was listening and lost you both on a couple of words. The only one I got was Santa. I'm norwegian and I'm horrible at figuring out bits of both Dwedish and Danish.

[@incrediblefman8126]

amazing

[@gorgioarmanioso151]

Tack Martin jag flyttade nyss till Jylland och det var en god intron till Danskan :D

[@francescobonfiglio9142]

I think Scandinavian countries are like brothers. I wonder why they don't create a unique country with unified armed forces and naval forces against foreign powers. Greetings from Italy.

[@ccilielundgreen7715]

Francesco Bonfiglio 😂 siblings? Im dane and i don’t get a word from sweden 😂✌🏻 Norwegian is more easy, but still i don’t get a word 😂

[@francescobonfiglio9142]

@@ccilielundgreen7715I like scandinavian sense of humor.

[@francescobonfiglio9142]

@Lars I don't

[@MarcosYuryDieper]

For Brazilians we would say that they are kind of flirting on the video. ❣️❣️❣️

[@lillysmartin]

Haha that's great!!! I'm trying to learn Norwegian and Swedish...I didn't "know" wich was Norwegian, Swedish or Danish at the beginning💭🤔😅😅 I would like to see Swedish Vs Brazilian! 🤗🇧🇷

[@alicecocciolo9090]

I figured out Julemand and Angela Merkel in a split second, but not the lion king nor Michael Jackson AHAHAHAHAHAH 😂😂

[@jasonlove8733]

Jag elsker dig❣️❣️😀😀

[@JojoDaYoyo]

Vidoen var meget godt

[@TheSwedishLad]

Mange tak

[@TheFrightBox]

I guessed Hamlet right away but Hamlet wasn’t a cat? Hehehehe

[@DM31702]

Anyone else screaming at Martin "Just say Beyonce!"

[@renyoborges]

that was nice, now do it with a norwegian ;)

[@TheSwedishLad]

I have done a couple of videos with Norwegians.

[@Zestrayswede]

Mitt modersmål är svenska och jag hade ingen aning att du pratade om Lejonkungen fastän jag har sett den en massa gånger, Filmens handling är inte det som kännetecknar den filmen för mig. Jag hörde katt och tänkte typ Mästerkatten i stövlar eller Pelle Svanslös.

[@xolang]

me too! I wasn't really thinking of Lion King at all because of the "cat" description. 😅

[@simonbannow3905]

I was thinking "Hamlet"

[@mikeylejan8849]

It is so sad that Scandinavians cannot understand each other anymore without speaking english with each other.

[@angstrom1187]

actually the scandinavian languages is very similar to each other so atleast i think with norwegian so english is in the garbage bin asf

[@tjovadevalivat]

Det stämmer inte. Jag förstår danska och norska. Man vänjer sig efter hand.

[@norwegian52]

Is that Cristina?

[@gratefultess]

Smukke 😍

[@jatojo]

"Svensk fyr" har tydelig dialekt, "dansk pige" taler uden dialekt ("københavnsk"). Btw, from 7:55 you can hear the Rådhusklokker in the background. :)

[@olesrensen7819]

Han taler med lidt bred skånsk dialekt

[@bulleranse8323]

Det hun taler er IKKE københavnsk i traditionel forstand - hendes danske er meget pænere. (Det er vel næsten mere rigsdansk end det er noget andet)

[@jatojo]

Buller Anse Man skal passe på med betegnelsen rigsdansk, da dansk har udviklet sig meget inden for få årtier og tales på en noget anden måde end for bare en generation siden. Tendensen er at dialekterne bliver mindre markante, men jeg vil mene, at hun er fra hovedstadsområdet eller har forældre der er det. En jyde ville tale en smule anderledes.

[@omega1231]

Det er da forkert at sige at tale med "københavnsk" dialekt (der er forskellige københavnske dialekter, dog er højkøbenhavnsk stort set uddød) er at tale uden dialekt. Der er ingen der taler rigsdansk, udover dronningen, det er i dag et skriftsprog ligesom bokmål på Norsk. Hun kommer højst sandsynligt fra nordsjælland, der taler noget mere grammatisk korrekt end københavnere, eftersom den københavnske dialekt er overvældende lavkøbenhavnsk, dvs. en arbejderklasse dialekt. Idéen om at københavnere taler uden dialekt kan kun komme fra det faktum at de købehavnske dialekter har præget alle andre dialekter siden københavn blev det kulturelle og kommercielle centrum i Danmark, derfor tror man at de taler uden dialekt, men der er ingen der taler uden dialekt i Danmark, dialekterne har bare ændret sig.

[@jatojo]

omega1231 Nu skal man jo så lige huske på at når vi her bruger betegnelsen dialekt, så er det ikke i ordets egentlige betydning, for til en rigtig dialekt hører et særegent ordforråd, og det er der stort set intet af i hovedstadsområdet. Men når vi holder os til udtale, så er det nok i høj grad også noget socialt bestemt, hvor fx en akademiker i Albertslund taler dialektsvagt, mens en ufaglært i samme by taler udpræget vestegnsdansk. "Nordsjællandsk" er drilsk, fordi indbyggernes baggrund er så blandet - det er i hvert fald ikke holtedansk der tales i videoen! 😊

[@kevingreywolf6003]

How is she understanding Swedish

[@TheSwedishLad]

Danish and Swedish har not that far apart (unless you ask a Stockholmer)

[@Roman_Teslenko]

Датский, норвежский и шведский языки сильно отличаются? Можно ли, изучив один из этих языков, общаться со всеми скандинавами? Какой из них самый общий и распространённый?

[@Darkgohn]

Я бы сказал шведский, так как он во многом схож с норвежским, тем более, что в Финляндии во многих школах учат шведский, но а датский довольно сильно отличается в произношении.

[@vanefreja86]

Norwegian - learn that, it is the smallest of the three...but it is like. Ahappy medium between Swedish and Danish.

[@Roman_Teslenko]

@@vanefreja86 I learn Swedish longer than Norwegian. Actually, I teach people Swedish already. 🙂

[@pokeaish]

Did you just say that Angela Merkel is angelic? Well. I am German and I can tell you she isn't angelic. Maybe not the worst politician but not he best either 😂

[@jhaley3138]

Why? Could you explain me that reason? Merkel is my favorite politician. South Korea wants leader like merkel. Is it because her politics about accepting refugees? Just I gusee.

[@MoMo-dm4ux]

Jag hade rätt med tomten och Merkel, anade Michael Jackson, men eftersom jag inte har tittat på Lejonkungen, hade jag fel på den. 😅

[@LaGuaridadelToroide]

I skal rejser i Spanien!

[@HerculesMines]

They sound the same ?

[@schnelltv1956]

Thats the point. It's two closely related languages

[@HerculesMines]

schnellTV ohhhhh ok

[@fredrikmolen9801]

Misleading title. Both are speaking danish to each other, don't see what's the point of this video then? As a swede I can't understand neither of them.

[@fredrikmolen9801]

Note: The girl is a little bit easier to understand. I think her danish accent is probably closer to the swedish language, so its easier for a native swedish speaker to understand.

[@NardoParra]

Ella es hermosa, su risa es alegría pura. El tipo de mujer con la que me casaría

[@TheSwedishLad]

Con suerte, hay muchos otros como ella para ti. Bueno, al menos uno. ;)

[@torazkardy4469]

Цікаві мови)))

[@torazkardy4469]

@Lars Привіт

[@inboccaallupo14]

If you are not going to marry her I will :D

[@tunnelrabbit4293]

Whatta sweetie!

[@CaptainH.]

What is her instagram?

[@vajrayana4504]

the danish woman is HOT!!