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Five Fascinating Facts
1. Danish is part of the North Germanic languages group, also known as the Scandinavian languages.
2. There are over 5 million Danish speakers worldwide.
3. The words sky, skin, skirt, man and egg are in fact of Danish origin.
4. Pronouns and numbers are irrelevant for Danish verb conjugation - tense varies the verb's inflection.
5. Stress on words is key to differentiating them in Danish - e.g. billigst ['bilist] can mean "cheapest", or the similar bilist [bi'list] "car driver"...Better watch that stress then!
1. Danish is part of the North Germanic languages group, also known as the Scandinavian languages.
2. There are over 5 million Danish speakers worldwide.
3. The words sky, skin, skirt, man and egg are in fact of Danish origin.
4. Pronouns and numbers are irrelevant for Danish verb conjugation - tense varies the verb's inflection.
5. Stress on words is key to differentiating them in Danish - e.g. billigst ['bilist] can mean "cheapest", or the similar bilist [bi'list] "car driver"...Better watch that stress then!
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Martin Dathan gives us some insider's tips on what it's like to be down and out in cool Copenhagen...
Top things not to miss in Copenhagen:
Cycling
One aspect of Copenhagen which the locals are most proud of is the city’s attitude toward the environment. The climate conference Cop15 was hosted here, Christiania exists in the heart of the city and you even receive money for every bottle or can you recycle! But the big thing here is cycling. I most strongly urge anyone staying in Copenhagen to purchase a cheap second hand bike, there are places located throughout the city to do so, and experience the city the best way possible – on bike. Cyclists are very well looked after on the streets as on every road is a raised cycle path ensuring safety from any traffic; on top of it being faster than both metro and bus, it is a wonderfully healthy lifestyle cycling to school, shops, or bars.
Published in Danish-speaking
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Copenhagen: An exchange student's perspective
Friday, 09 April 2010Here is Martin Dathan's review of Copenhagen in Denmark. He went off as an Erasmus Business student for his first semester in September 2009...
Getting there
It certainly seems like a long time ago now when I first stepped on that Easyjet flight from Gatwick to Copenhagen. My parents had waved me off with the usual love, best wishes and even the occasional tear from dear Mum, for none of us knew what this latest chapter of my life was to entail. This was, however, not my first experience of travelling alone as I had, just two weeks before, returned from a summer working in America with mixed results... As you can imagine, I was therefore apprehensive as I took the short flight over.
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