The last one should be "Kæmpe kæppe knækker næppe". Meaning "Giant sticks rarely break".

@i_am_aladeen

3 жыл бұрын

"Kusken Knudsen's korte knortekæp knækker næppe let"

"Får", have two different meanings - 1. Får>sheep 2. Får>get or having :)

In the beginning of the 19th century, Copenhagen buildt a new city hall and court house. It is still the Copenhagen courthouse, though no longer the city hall. They decided to place a statue of the city founder bishop Absalon in the front hall. To save money, they comissioned a young and promising sculptor named Bissen to make it, rather than the world famous Thorvaldsen. Bissen later went on to became very successful himself. And they chose to have it made from plaster. This caused outrage. Imagine a plaster statue at such a place! The solution was obvious. The city declared that anyone willing to pay for marble was welcome to do so. A fundraising campaign was made, and the statue was made in marble. During the debate, some people found that "Bissens gipsbisp", Bissen's plaster bishop, was a fun tongue twister. This later mutated to "Bispens gipsgebis", the bishop's plaster dentures, which is the usual form today. You have run into a version that combines the original and the later versions.

knew a preacher who believes that Danish is spoken in heaven. Because it takes an eternity to learn ... Godt gået af jer begge ;-)

@renesteen3011

3 жыл бұрын

A priest i know said the same About polish 😀

@frederikchristoffersen6353

3 жыл бұрын

It's true. I heard the same thing.

@missa2855

3 жыл бұрын

Dannebrog DID fall from the heavens as a gift from God... going by the legend at least... so there might be something to it.

Don't worry about not understanding these. Some of them don't even make sense to Danes, because they're purely constructed to be difficult to pronounce. Like "vær hver' vejr værd", I guess it technically makes sense if you think about it hard enough, but you would never say that if you wanted to say "be prepared for any of weather"

@BabylonLurker

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what I wanted to say. As a Dane several of those did not make any sense. Yes, some of the others are tongue twisters for Danes, too.

Varde is a city in Jutland... not the name of a person ❤️😉

Also - instead of saying Rød grød med fløde - try eating it this summer. It's a strawberry "porridge"-type deal, served with heavy cream. It just tastes like summer.

@Bronzescorpion

3 жыл бұрын

Strawberry porridge and red porridge are two different recipes. Red porridge is with an assortment of different berries. commonly strawberries, currants, black currants and raspberries.

@illus1ve

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bronzescorpion Yeah, the recipe varies from grandma to grandma. Mine made with strawberries and raspberries only, sometimes only strawberries - others went all in

@oOPPHOo

3 жыл бұрын

I'm convinced rødgrød is no longer an actual thing in we eat. It exists purely as a tongue twister. It's a myth. Like Santa Claus. Or a sober football fan.

@Masterfighterx

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bronzescorpion Just to be that guy, Strawberries and raspberries are not actual berries :-P

@Bronzescorpion

3 жыл бұрын

@@illus1ve I would argue that if you only have one berry, then the porridge would be that berries porridge and not red porridge e.g. if you only use strawberries it would be a strawberry porridge.

Well done on the tongue twisters, a lot of Danes have difficulty with them too 😉 note: at Kbh train station, my vacationing friends love the elevator, bc it says, I fart! - they looove it! 🤣 P.s. Varde is a city in Jylland

@ArnelSune

3 жыл бұрын

we also got a "slut station" (End station) in all metros :p

Damn, you missed out on "Fem flade flødeboller på et fladt flødebollefad" :D

@nobby145

3 жыл бұрын

even i as a native danish i have a hard time saying that fast -_-

@MrTargenor

3 жыл бұрын

@@nobby145 soooooo difficult.

@RunarNyrud

3 жыл бұрын

Danske flødeboller..... The best by far!

@kristofferhansenolsen9095

3 жыл бұрын

Can be done even worse 😅 fem flotte flade flødeboller på et flot flat flødebolle fad 😭

@flemmingkanstrup5853

3 жыл бұрын

@@nobby145 i dont tho. prolly cuz i have a nordjyllandsk dialect

Let me just say you pronounce "Flæskestegssandwich" perfectly! Glad you enjoy it!

I can see why Fartkontrol is one of your favorite words 😂

@peterjones4572

3 жыл бұрын

On some lifts there are signs saying "I fart" which translates to "in use".

Sounds like Joshua would enjoy a trip to Middelfart :) (its a town on Fyn in case you don't know)

@johnnywinter6369

3 жыл бұрын

jep and Fart Kontrol

@f1nn0

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnnywinter6369 Yes, fart kontrol: 60 km an hour :-)

Some of these can be difficult, even for Danes, so good on you for trying! I will just say that the words 'vær,' 'hver,' 'vejr,' and 'værd' all have different meanings, but are pronounced the same. So - Vær - means be, as in 'vær der' - 'be there' Hver - means each, as in 'hver af jer' - 'each of you' Vejr - means weather Værd - means worth, as in 'er det det værd?' - 'is it worth it?' Thanks for all the videos, it's interesting to get a new or different perspective on our lovely, little country :)

It should really be "kæmpekæppe knækker næppe", giant sticks hardly break, that is are not likely to break. The reason that it is a tongue twister to a Dane, is that if you make a mistake you may say a word that should not be used in polite company.

@Francosteiner

3 жыл бұрын

xD Dont teach them that, they are far too sweet and innocent for the dark side of the danish language

It could have been interesting if you'd gone into the fact why "får" can mean both "sheep" and "get"! It has to do with the pronounciation and a lot of words in Danish differ significantly in meaning, like "bønner/bønder" meaning "beans/peasants", "Møller/Møller" meaning the surname "Møller" and the occupation "miller" etc. etc.

This is not a tongue twister, but a teaser it is. A real sentence uttered in "jysk" dialect: "A æ u o æ ø i æ å, æ a." (I am out on the island in the river, am I)

@astridthorsagersvendsen2890

3 жыл бұрын

I understood that even though I'm from sealand and not jutland🤣🤣

@Jacob-Simonsen

3 жыл бұрын

That will not make any sense to anybody who's not 100% native to the danish language.

@masterdimsen

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jacob-Simonsen Doesn't even make sense to someone who is

@Sir_Sheep

3 жыл бұрын

@@Jacob-Simonsen iam 100% native danish and i didnt understand it at all

@six2make4

3 жыл бұрын

Took me a minute but made me genuinely laugh when I got it

In the "far får får får? Nej, får får ikke får får får lam" "Får" have two meanings. One is the action of getting something (verb) and the other is a sheep (noun). So translated with corelated meaning it would be something like: "dad do sheep get sheep? No sheep don't get sheep, sheeps get lambs" "far får (verb) får (noun) får (noun)? Nej får (noun) får(verb) ikke får (noun), får (noun) får (verb) lam". Hope it helps.

@jesperbech8753

3 жыл бұрын

Can be added one "for" in the meaning because. Son saying: Far - får får får? (Daddy - Does sheep get sheep?) Daddy replying: Nej, får får ikke får, for får får lam. (No, Sheep does not get sheep, because sheep gets lambs)

@chriscross5581

3 жыл бұрын

There's also a further extended version: "Får får får far?" "Får får ikke får, for får får lam. Men fars får får flere får end får ellers får når får får lam....."

@TheChrisMiR

3 жыл бұрын

Far får får får, nej fåret er lam. "Dad do sheeps get sheeps, No the sheep is retarded" 🤣

@herlevh19

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheChrisMiR Det er vel "paralyzed" men ja xD

@herlevh19

3 жыл бұрын

​@@chriscross5581 Made another version with my dad and brother which plays on the word "lam". "lam" can mean paralyzed and lamb. "Far, får lam lam lam? Nej, lam lam får ikke lam lam, lam får får lam lam. " Dad, does paralyzed lamb get paralyzed lambs? No, paralyzed lamb doesn't get paralyzed lamb, paralyzed sheep get paralyzed lamb. It doesn't make sense in the same way the original one does but it is just insanse when you see the amount of word which are the same.

Just like to know have you seen The julekalender ? (A DK X-Mas show)

Lool Well done! I had huge trouble speaking those words too! Have a great stay at your efterskole, so happy for you. Well done both:)

Subbed. I just stumbled over your channel a few days ago, and I've really enjoyed the content I've seen so far. You seem like genuinely nice people. :)

All of you are just wonderful, I'm loving it :-)

So fun! i loved it! you made my friday better! :D

It's so nice to see you enjoy Denmark so much, it's easy to take it for granted when you live here. I just want to say, that if you are ever planning to come and see Odense, I would love to show you around my town :)

Omg I love when you added the cheering effect when you had accomplished the word and all I was sat here thinking is "wtf is he trying to say?" 😅 I still have no clue even after watching the video about what you where actually saying.. I really admire the effort though but I had to mention this one as ot was a bit funny 😋👍🏻

So down to earth and funny... I like you guys already. Had to sub ^_^

"Røgede ørreder" (Smoked trouts) is also a super hard/impossible one to pronounce in Danish eventhough it does not have the glatter-stop sound ;)

@kristianbager6637

3 жыл бұрын

"Røget havørred på rugbrød" = smoked trout om ryebread

@simonquvang6073

3 жыл бұрын

Døde rødøjede røgede ørred

You guys are "Killers" :-D ! Maya has the pronunciation right! Josh has the translation right :-) ! Maya! "Efterskole" rules" ! So glad your going back! Best year of MY life ;-) ! When your done, I hope the best for you, in what ever "Gymnasium" you choose! Your a smart kid! I'm sure any of the ones you've applied to, well be happy to accept you :-) ! Folkens! Del på jeres Facebook side, så Josh kan få en god fødselsdag i april ;-) !

Får, får... etc, is the one sentense that danes do not make to make it difficult other. It is actually a grammer training sentence to illustrate when to use for and when to use får, which is basically is pronunced the same.

I have a friend from Texas, who lived in Denmark for quite some time. Suddenly, he nailed all the "soft d"s and he said that once he realized you just have to pretend to be throwing up, it became much easier for him. So that's some advice ;) I can see what he means in "rødgrød med fløde" especially.

@oleolsen1073

9 ай бұрын

Pillow- hovedpude , so hard to say for a non-danish speaker😅

Lol I’ve never thought about “fart kontrol” Sounding like “Fart control” in english 😂

Omg i watched 4-5 vids before this. And i just now realized you're a family. Im danish and when you said afterschool i knew😂

I would be super hyped for a flæskestegs tour where you found the best places to get them.

Thats so fun tongue twister, quiet difficult words.

Your intro theme bit is of really high quality, it feels quite professional!

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Took up most my Christmas break but was super fun to learn new tricks :).

@Thomas-xn6em

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelinYoung Yeah I can imagine it would take a while! In my opinion it was worth it, it makes it feel almost like a tv-show, plus you learned something new. :D

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

@@Thomas-xn6em thanks for saying that, it means a lot! :)

@Thomas-xn6em

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelinYoung

We need a part 2 of this soon

Your daughter is doing extremely well and learning fast. Back in the 90's, I met a nurse from CO, that learned danish in 1 year. 85% perfect I would say.

Now subscribed - cheers from Amager 😊🇩🇰

You guys should try making "flæskesteg" yourselves! The gravy you can make with it, is amazing!!! Also it's really rally easy to do :)

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

I think I will try this soon!

I love that the auto generated subtitles translate “Rødgård med flåde” to “Holy clothing flow” 😂

for try it on tuesday: -"flødeboller", waffer bottom with a shitload of chocolate covered cream, the best. -"koldskål" og "kammerjunker", might be a summer thing, but it's a dairy soup of sorts with small dry cookies. "Koldskål" can be bought or homemade but "kammerjunker" is usually bought. -Strawberries with cream and/or milk and sugar. also a summer thing especially because that is when the strawberries are fresh, but you take strawberries and pull off the green top and cut them in at least half, put them in a bowl add cream (and/or milk depending on how much fatty dairy you want to drink, the more cream the better, though) and sprinkle sugar over, eat them with a spoon. The strawberries are amazing as stawberries are, but when you are done with them you have this strawberry sweet cream/milk and that is just summer in a bowl.

Fartkontrol! Never thought of that. Hilarious! 😂

You pretty much nailed it every time you said efterskole Maya 😊👍

Tillykke med fødselsdagen og de +10.000 subs :)

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Tak!

Thank you for sharing, lovning you. You have to visit Frilandsmuseet or Hjerl Hede, museum where the buildings have been moved for us to experience. In the hollidays, where people are working there as in the old days. I really think you will like it.

For flæskestegssandwiches, I can also recommend "Den Gode Kok", next to Silvan in Valby. Excellent stuff.

Maja you are so good at Danish i am so impressed

@mayaanastasiayoung6739

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😁

Hi. Enjoying your videos. I don't think a lot about how Danes are. I just do it. Being Danish that is. Nice to get the outside perspective on the country and the people in it. Whenever you like something, it evokes a sense of pride of my country. A few suggestions, since you say you are running out of ideas: Difference in behaviour and mentality between USA and Denmark. It could be in traffic, education, workplace, shops, public transport and so on. My favourite video so far , was about difference in tax in US and DK. Enjoy your weekend 😊👍☕🍺

theres a song called where they sing "be happy", and they like use uhuhuhhuuuuhuuuuu be happy.... when u make the uhuhuuhuuu sound that where most sound from danish words are when speaking them, so in the front part of your mounth rather then from the back like english, so trying to use that uhuuuhuuuuu, and then saying a danish word like "ude" might help abit... hope im making sense :)

Im danish and its really fun to see you try to talk danish Jeg er dansk og det er rigtig sjovt at se jer prøve at tale dansk

You guys actually did really good on the *RØD GRØD MED FLØDE* that are one of the Danes love to make non Danes say 👍🏻

congratulations Maya on going back to efterskole :-)

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Just dropped her off, she was super excited!

When it opens, you gotta visit Guldgrillen! Its the biggest flæskesteg sandwiches, with brun sovs over it. It's amazing :)

@Charmingdane

3 жыл бұрын

Umut laver fantastisk mad, har en plan om at tage derover når vi må!

I’m from denmark. I Think the most known danish tounge twister is “fem flade flødeboller på et fladt flødebolle fad” And that means five flat “cream balls” (flødeboller is a dessert in denmark) on a flat “cream ball” dish. You should try it

Those words was insane and created just for this purpose of the video. No danes would use these phrases in their daily life :-) BTW: Varde is the name of a small danish city.

An idea for your next vlog; "Piet Heins 'gruk'" Denmark has a (for Danes) famous poet, who has written a lot of small quirky poems called 'gruks'. These 'gruks' often rhyme, are funny, and thoughtful. But they can be difficult for foreigners to understand, so therefore they can also be a good help for how the Danish language can work. Examples: "Husk at elske mens du tør det, husk at leve mens du gør det." ("Remember to love while you dare, remember to live while you do.") "Den, som kun tager spøg for spøg og alvor kun alvorligt, han og hun har faktisk fattet begge dele dårligt." ("He who only takes joke for joke and seriousness only seriously, he and she have actually taken both badly.")

@klausolekristiansen2960

3 жыл бұрын

The first one is actually longer: Husk at glemme bagateller Husk at nemme det det gælder Husk at elske mens du tør det Husk at leve mens du gør det Remember to forget trifles Remember to remember that which counts Remember to love while you dare Remember to live while you do "Nemme" is not a word you will hear often.

I saw your video with suggestions for places to travel and I just wanted to chime in. A pro-tip: If you visit Southern Jutland you should definitely cross the border and buy heavily discounted (compared to Danish prices) soda, beer, wine and candy in one of the border shop (Fleggaard, Calle, Fakta Tyskland etc.) And I know it isn't Denmark... But 5-10 km south of the border you'll find the lovely city of Flensburg. (it once was part of Denmark so maybe it counts.. :p ) It is definitely worth a visit, especially around Christmas.

ooohhh that Flæskesteg-sandwich really looks good, can't wait for the usual festival close to my parents place to open again so i can go there to get some

well done MAYA on the first one hell yeah :) wow i'm really impressed with Maya she's doing so well. Id be proud if she where my daughter well done :) got a suggestion to something you should try to eat. "Stegt flæsk med kartofler og persille sauce." sorry if you guys already did that but its an amazing "national dish" in Denmark.

Something i like to eat and think is danish food would be " Bøf sandwich med brunsovs og bløde løg og rødbeder" Works really well with flæskesteg aswell :D

Bravo Maya 👏🏻

That flæskestegs sandwich looks awsome. The baker in Føtex sells some too that are ok and they are only 25Kr (Remember to have it heated) Have you tried Bøf sandwich with brovn gravy and evrything?

Stegt flæsk med persillesovs, pork belly with persillesauce and potatoes. Done right it's really great. Also in Bilka and Føtex has a great delli section with warm and great cold cuts for great sandwiches.

Varde is a town in Jutland:)

"Kæmpe kæppe knækker mest" would be more like "Long sticks break more often" It means, if you think you are better than others, you will proberbly be the one to lose. It's part of the "janteloven" like "højt at flyve, tungt at falde" which means "if you fly higher than others, you will fall harder to the ground" 😁

And you guys chose to live in the city which name is the most difficult to pronounce for an American. Very brave. Lyngby ( you end up pronouncing it Lung Bu). Try “Byens lys”, (city lights).You will probably pronounce it “Buens Lus” which means “Fleas on my belly” 😀

Just Saw you, it was fun

@TravelinYoung

2 жыл бұрын

Ha!

Får means both sheep singular and plural, as well as to get. And you can ask what an animal "gets", to know what the "kid" version of an animal is called. So "Får får får?" means "do sheep get sheep?", as in "do sheep give birth to sheep?"

@PontusWelin

3 жыл бұрын

We have that exact tongue twister in Swedish too. Pronunciation is a bit different obviously. Mostly on “far” which sound almost like the English word spelled like that.

for try it on thusday, try "Stegt Flæsk med persillesovs" the danish national dish, it is finger licking good!

You should explain the danish alcohol rules, since maya can drink here in denmark, and not in the us. And next time you travel come to Aalborg, it's nice here

Recommendation for a late summer/fall trip: Go to Hirtshals and Hanstholm. Loong walks on the beach, looking for amber and feeling the wind in your hair Love your family

@mortenfrosthansen84

3 жыл бұрын

Brisket Oksebryst, som i spidsbryst.. Den anden er kiks. Men det lyder os meget ens, hvis ikke det er stavet

This is funny in so many ways that I can'r even, and not talking about pronunciation (which was actually not bad) XD . Where the heck did you find those tongue twisters? Some were common, some I've never heard, and some were just plain ridiculous lol. Here's a few thing I wanted to let you know: Varde is actually a small town near Esbjerg on the southern west coast. If you don't already, you should totally learn to make the roast at home, its easier than you would think although getting the rind crispy can sometimes be tricky (and other just plain impossible, and has to do with the butchering process ) And finally, that last one is is more common with the word "næppe"(which means not likely) instead of mere. It is more or less designed to make you acidentally say "knepper" (instead of "knækker") which basically means humps (yes, that kind of humping...). Just out of curiosity, have you watched the "Brødrene Price" program where they go to the Danish community in Elk Horn? I think they actually explain how to make flæskesteg. Last I checked was still on dr.dk/tv

Oh, you guys live around Lyngby. So do I. You should know, the best “flæskestegssandwich” is found at Likørstræde in Lyngby. Right by Lyngby Station. You should try it sometime. But welcome to DK. I hope you’ll have a great time here.

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Cool, will do!

Fartkontol isn’t cruise control, but speed traps. It is a warning on signs that the police is or might have set up speed traps. It is to encourage drivers to slow down.

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Dang you are right, fartpilot is what i meant to say! :)

@sorencyrano1413

3 жыл бұрын

@@TravelinYoung Figured as much 😉

Its going Well with speaking danish im Born and lives in denmark but im gonna say there,s some of that sentences that i dont egen understand but specially flæskestegssanwich u guys are good at saying

@vkmxxz

3 жыл бұрын

*Even

is that the guy who made "leverpostej" with the Spise med price brothers in the "jul in elk horn" episodes ?

I could be wrong but, my word Maya has grown, developed whilst ya´ll been here - grownups to though. Please stay for a long time.

Ever been to the lovely town of Middelfart?

fun video :D I've been curious for a while now, if its not too personal, but what are your jobs? not where you work but more like what sort of job you guys have :) feel free to ignore me if thats not something you're comfortable talking about.

@karaokekonge

3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering the same thing

If you guys enjoy cinnamon buns, you should visit a danish baker on a Wednesday and ask for an Onsdagssnegl/Wednesday snail. On Wednesday's they make them extra large!

Hi.. Such a great vlog, but you should probably review it with subtitles on... I got no problem understanding you. Got no clue why it's turned on today .. But it's hilarious 🤣.. 👍up for great vlog love them, get memories back to 1990-97 where I had a American friend with the same tongue twisters.

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Ha, I need to see if I can update the captions that YT automatically generates. Apparently during one video it thought I was saying cocaine rather than cocio :).

We demand a Brisket video!!! 😅🐕

@Travelin' Young - I'm a bit confused about your understanding on flæskesteg? A flæskestegs sandwich only has the actual meat from the dish we consider "flæskesteg". The gravy, potatoes, both caramelized and regular boiled potatoes, the red cabbage, the peas and beans as well as the gello all belong to the dish we call flæskesteg. If you haven't tasted that yet, you really have missed out... On a side note, have you guys tried the national dish of Denmark, stegt flæsk med persillesovs?

Yeah, we have some words the interlaps, but it's easy to know which one of the meanings you're trying to get out given the topic of the conversation. :-)

Denmark used to be a multinational central state, it involved Baltic, German, Scandinavian languages, and just like any other European language, it has French influence, due to to the lingua franca in the pre industrial, post roman era, being spread every where due to nobility speaking French everywhere so all in all Danish involves every single vowel the human anatomy can produce, and every consonant in Europe. very hard to master, but is a great key to European languages

maya speaks danish. You both understand perfectly. We love that we can speak perfect english but youre learning danish

12:08 These 4 words are homonyms. They're all pronounced the exact same.

I would like to see you guys do the Danish alphabet song.. That way you and the audience, can really get a feel for, how different the letters are pronounced. Plus there's the æ, ø, å.. if you nail those, you're doing very well

I believe the thing with "Rød grød med fløde", is 3 things danes do when we speak danish. 1. The gutteral R (Rolling R) which comes up in both R's of the sentence. 2. The soft D, quick trick for this one, move the tongue to the front of the mouth so it's almost sticking out). And 3. The "Ø", and I can't find a good way to explain this one in a good way, so my best advice is "Trail and error", it might make sense at some point. Like if you think this would help out with some of the danish nonsense.

Here's an interesting one: "A' æ' u' å' æ' ø u' i æ' å". In the Danish jyske dialect that means "I am on the island in the creek". And to be fair, I have trouble with some of your examples. And one or two of them I didn't even know what meant! :D (I'm Danish so I should probably know). Also, have you been to Lolland in Denmark? :D I hear it's a laugh!

I will have to add to this just like all else. Varde is a city. You guys should visit it, might find it have a baker or two in it^^

There is also another fun thing with words. a word means more than one thing. On the doctor's door it says "den næste dør" which is "The next door" in to the waiting room. but it can also mean "the next one is dieing" time to change doctor.

Social grill in Sorgenfri! I'm working on the other side of the street :D (Sorgenfri Fisk)

@TravelinYoung

3 жыл бұрын

Sweet!!

lol you are brave

You Guys need more subscribers

you should try out guldgrillens flæskesteg, with blown sauce on

Haha! Im dead! Loved it

Bissens gipsbisp is actually a plaster bust of Archbishop Absalon made by sculpturer Vilhelm Bissen, Plaster = gips, Bishop = bisp, gebis = false teeth in this case made of plaster (gypsum mixed with water) thus Bissens gipsbisps gipsgebis. The bust is in the City Hall of Copenhagen. Btw, when I'm in USA I always try to eat catfish once or twice.

10:35 YES altogether ♥

That wasn't just Flæskesteg guys that was a flæskestegs sandwich. A flæskesteg is a big piece of meat you make in the oven and in Denmark we most often serve it with Kartofler and persillesovs. I'd recommend you try the real thing at a restuarant as it is a classic danish meal.

Varde is a city in Denmark😊