As some of you may know, I'm learning Danish but there is one problem I keep encountering, I can't pronounce d's properly, no matter how much I have tried. So, I was wondering if anyone had any tips (Particularly Alexander or maybe Thor) on how to pronounce it?
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Posted 02 October 2005 - 12:56 AM
Ack, I'm horrible at this, but I'll give it a go nevertheless.
The "d" in words such as "den", "der", "det" are usually "spat out", if you know what I mean. You have to prenounce the "d" like a tiny explosion. Think of the way you say the "d" in "dumb". It's basically a soft "deh", with extra pressure on the "d", while the "eh" is used as fade-out effects. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense here. (: Maybe I can ask my mom's husband one of the days - he's learning Danish too, and I dunno if he's learned something that might be helpful.
The "d" in words such as "den", "der", "det" are usually "spat out", if you know what I mean. You have to prenounce the "d" like a tiny explosion. Think of the way you say the "d" in "dumb". It's basically a soft "deh", with extra pressure on the "d", while the "eh" is used as fade-out effects. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense here. (: Maybe I can ask my mom's husband one of the days - he's learning Danish too, and I dunno if he's learned something that might be helpful.
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Posted 02 October 2005 - 05:26 AM
I have no idea, I find it to be weird aswell but I've found out that the best way is to make the tounge dance on your teeth.
As you know Sandra you can get her to pronounce this.
Let's take the world 'pude'
'Pu' 'pu' with that danish weird u. Easy.
D! Quickly make your tounge dance on the tipp of your front teeth! The same place that you're using when you're saying the Danish T, and soft it with the latest 'eh.'
Well that's the best metode I've found. The key is to work out how the tounge is placed. You could get Sandra or an actual Danish person to draw you the formation by sequences.
As you know Sandra you can get her to pronounce this.
Let's take the world 'pude'
'Pu' 'pu' with that danish weird u. Easy.
D! Quickly make your tounge dance on the tipp of your front teeth! The same place that you're using when you're saying the Danish T, and soft it with the latest 'eh.'
Well that's the best metode I've found. The key is to work out how the tounge is placed. You could get Sandra or an actual Danish person to draw you the formation by sequences.
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Posted 02 October 2005 - 09:22 AM
It's not so much the D at the beginning of a word, as it is the D in words like "bedre", "brød" and also "pude" :)
The thing is that he hears those D's as there's an L in the word. So, no matter how many times I say the word, he keeps on hearing an L sound. I just don't know how to explain this bloody sound..
The thing is that he hears those D's as there's an L in the word. So, no matter how many times I say the word, he keeps on hearing an L sound. I just don't know how to explain this bloody sound..
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Posted 02 October 2005 - 09:58 AM
Look, just draw the toung formations.
I can see how he can hear it in the word Bedre. The toung has to be a bit, just a bit, more curly in the middle, then if it was an L.
Say, with danish pronunctiation, Belre. Say it again, but this time, curl your toung on the L, move it just a bit down to the T possition, then give it a go.
I'm not fluent with danish pronuctiations, so I must have a danish one to comform thise movements.
I can see how he can hear it in the word Bedre. The toung has to be a bit, just a bit, more curly in the middle, then if it was an L.
Say, with danish pronunctiation, Belre. Say it again, but this time, curl your toung on the L, move it just a bit down to the T possition, then give it a go.
I'm not fluent with danish pronuctiations, so I must have a danish one to comform thise movements.
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