I am no longer teaching DANISH, but if you want some Danish stuff to practice with, I'll be happy to send you audio and some lessons for free!
I can also recommend you a GREAT Danish learning book!
I can also recommend you a GREAT Danish learning book!
Alphabet:
AUDIO
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Æ Ø Å
Vowels:
AUDIO
Short A: (like in hat) Nat (night), Kat (cat)
Long A: (like in bathe) Gade (street), Bade (bathe)
Short E: (like in set) Ved (by), Fedt (fat), set (seen)
Long E: (like in leah) Lede (look), Vrede (anger)
Short I: (like in wit) Mit (mine), Dit (yours)
Long I: (like in see) Lide (like), Vide (know)
Short O: (like in lock) Stok (stick), Nok (enough)
Long O: (like in toe) Kjole (dress), Skole (School)
Short U: (like in took) Stok (stick), Nok (enough)
Long U: (like in boo) Ude (Outside), Pude (Pillow)
Short Y: (like the French tu) Lyutte (Listen), Hyutte (Hut)
Long Y: (like the short sound but longer) Lyde (sounds), Nyde (Enjoy)
Short Æ: (like pet) Sæt (Set), Mæt (Full of food)
Long Æ: (l(like the short sound but longer) Glæde (Happiness), Læse (Read)
Short Ø: (No English equiv.) Tø (Melt), Høns (Chickens)
Long Ø: (l(like the short sound but longer) Løse (Solve), Bøde (Ticket)
Short Å: (like bow) Tå (Toe), Få (Get)
Long Å: (l(like the short sound but longer) Håbe (Hope), Våde (Wet)
Consonants:
AUDIO
B: (like Baby) Barn (Child), Bade (Bathe)
C: (In front of E, I, Y, Æ and Ø: Sounds like s) Cigar (cigar), Cykel (Bicycle)
(In front of A, O, U: Sounds like k) Cafe (cafe)
(Ch sounds like Sh) Chance (Prospect)
D: (Hard D like in dog) Dør (door), Dig (you)
(Soft D: Use when in front of an unstressed E and at the end of a word, the sound is like "th" ) Lede (lead), Side (page), Ved (know), Bid (bite)
F: (Like in fun) Far (father)
G: (Hard G: Like Gone) Gave (present)
(Soft G: Like the y in the word young) Lige (just), Kage (cake)
(At the end of the word, it's almost like a dipthong in low / louw) Tog (train)
H: (like in hand) Hund (dog)
(When in front of v and j it's silent) Hvor (where), Hjerte (heart)
J: (like the y in young) Jakke (coat), Ja (yes)
K: (like the c in can) Kende (know)
(The k is NOT silent when in front of n) Kniv (knfe), Knust (broken)
L: (like in like) Lang (Long), Lille (little)
M: (Like m in me ) Mor (mother), time (hour)
N: (like in no) Nej (no), Line (line)
P: (like p in put) Pande (pot), Op (up)
Q: (like the KV sound) Quilt (Quilt)
R: (May be difficult to pronounce, the R is NOT rolled) Rigtig (right), Vred (Angry)
(After a vowel, not clearly audible but makes the vowel more open) Øre (ear), Vare (last)
(Unstressed -er is like a short a) Kommer (Comes)
S: (like S in see) Sove (sleep), Læse (read)
T: (like t as in today) Tale (speak), Sætte (read)
V: (like v in very) VI (we), Voske (grow)
(When in the middle of a word: like w) Over (over), Av (Oh)
W: (like v in very) Wienerbrød (Danishes)
X: (like s at the begining of a word) Xylofon (Xylophone)
(like ks after a vowel) Alexander (Alexander)
Z: (like s in see) Zar (Czar), Benzin (Gas)
By looking at this, you will notice that C, Q, W, X, and Z are only used rarely in borrowed words.
