h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

As some of might already know I am taking Danish lessons. I have been asking questions about danish here and there. Sometimes it makes me to worry a bit about some other people who don't care much about Danish grammar and such. So I moved my Danish questions over here in hope that those of my friends who might help me with the answers which are not 42 could post them here.
So, here comes the first question:
Should I say Hun körer pa sin nye cykel or hendes nye cykel?

Erm, I guess I should also ask someone to post those funny Danish letters here, too.

sin

unless a) you want to sound like you're from parts of Jutland, or b) the owner of the bike isn't the person riding it.


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See A292682 (needs an update)

Good to know - I was right and the teacher was wrong!

Danish it is all pastry to me

Hi Hati

This is going to be fun.

Ottox is quite right about the bit about Jutlandish people - the ones who live right around me. They are consequent in being grammatically wrong

When they mean:

Han tog sin jakke på (He put on his (own) jacket)

They say:

Han tog hans jakke på (He put on his (someone else's) jacket).

pheloxi....

Some Danish look like pastry, too

If it hadn't been a Dane saying that, my response would have been like a ton of bricks...

There's an old grammatical joke-sentence that goes "Han tog hans hat og gik hans vej" (he took his/the other's hat and went away - to go away is rightly "gå sin vej" - and as you cannot walk somebody else's way, it becomes rather )

everybody!
This is going to be fun indeed, especially if I'll find enough time for Danish. Atm I am way too busy with -beating.

Can´t help you with the finer elements of danish, let me know when you start taking swedish lessons...

Izzybelle

This week my Danish teacher said I am speaking Danish with the Swedish accent.

Hi beveryoddy

My dad's version used to be: "Han tog hans hat, kyssede hans kone og gik hans vej" (He took his (=someone else's) hat, kissed his (do.) wife and walked his (do.) way

Fascinating!

that's my dad for you

For me, a native swedish speaker, it is fairly easy to understand written danish, harder to understand spoken danish. But I guess that with some practice it shouln´t be too difficult for a swedish speaker to learn danish or vice versa. The languages are closely related.

For me only Finnish could be relatively easy.

Jeg var til koncert i går med to danske guitarister. Da de spillede en 'roe-blues' med titlen 'Blå Nykøbing', kom jeg til at tænke på jer i Hati's danske tråd.

Who wants a translation?

I don't!

i do





i'd love to see you translate a