I love hearing his calm voice and way of speaking that doesn't change language from language.

i love Viggo! im from Norway, and it is wonderfull to understand him in a Nordic Language!!!!

@vinylhedgehog5574

7 жыл бұрын

+PE9CE How would you describe the similarities between Swedish, Danish and Norwegian? Basically most if not all of the Nordic languages?

@mittao86

7 жыл бұрын

I am from norway, i understand swedish 90%, if you speak carefully i could understand 50% danish. Than again its very diffrent "dialect" in norway also, its the same langauge, but diffrent way of saying thing and writing it. I even admit i hate Northern Norway dialect, those guys speak really fast and writing itself is really hard to understand. I understand more swedish than people from Northern Norway, maybe because i spending alot of time with swedish people that work in bergen. Diffrent in those country and culture is not so much, we share the same old story. But norwegian feel more connect with sweden than danish

@canderson1522

7 жыл бұрын

I was in Iceland 7 years and I could understand most of what he said..it was a good interview.You learn a lot about northern European languages living in any of those countries....TV,newspapers....etc...

@perennialcoma

3 жыл бұрын

"Understand" /A Swede.

Han taler sgu egentlig meget godt dansk, taget i betragtning af, at han nok ikke taler det til dagligt. :)

Jag älskar hans röst när han talar danska. :)

"If you do not understand Danish, then this video is not intended fo you :-)" I reject this! I love to see people speaking different languages! I get an awesome reaction when an irishman speaks Turkish!

Aragorn talks yet another elvish language!

@sir_john_hammond

6 жыл бұрын

I think you mean dwarvish.

@Luka1180

3 жыл бұрын

​@@sir_john_hammond Danes are on average taller than most people in the world though :P

Can someone please start a petition to have him do an audio book of Danish poetry already?

even though i am 'canadiske' and speak no dansk, your language is very pleasing to hear. also i love how soft spoken a person he is, both of them ((:

@darksunwithin

3 жыл бұрын

I would say that his way of speaking the language is way more pleasing to listen to as opposed to that interviewer. The more western dialect present in his voice isn't as pompous and ugly as listen to as her eastern dialect. Nice surprise, Viggo.

he also speaks a super fluent spanish, and with argentinian accent.....He is so amazing!!!!

So proud to be Danish just because of him

He also speaks danish!!! My god, i just seen him in some videos in Argentina (im from there) and he's very fluent in spanish too (more than some argentinians by the way haha).He's awesome.

@Navy-Seal-Ninja90

10 ай бұрын

yeah he is part danish. viggo speaks more than 7 languages fluently. and yes he lived in argentina as well. also speaks that to perfection. he is insanely talented.

@Big-guy1981

5 ай бұрын

Well he's Danish.

Just to make things clear. Sweden and Norway has been one country, same with Norway and Denmark and all together (kalmarunionen). The languages are very alike, but its basicly the accents that determines it. Norwegian and danish have almost got the same written language, while sweden have something very alike. Theres ofc some differences between nor and dan as well but not as many. Many old swedish word thats not in use so much anymore is very common used in the other two languages. Well as a swede I understand norwegian better because they dont got the rough accent like the danish do. In southern sweden which belonged to denmark a while ago got an accent thats similar to danish and in the western part which is similar to the norwegian. Although when I read the both languages I understand perfectly.

@tylsimys67

10 жыл бұрын

Also to make things clear, Finns are very close to Scandinavia but still much more Baltic people. Especially we find that "nordic lingua" way too ugly to any sound person to speak.

@EnergyShotStudios

10 жыл бұрын

tylsimys67 I'm half finnish, and fins are NOT BALTIC! Never ever again compare me with slavics. Well, the finnish people are much older than the nordic countries. They are relatives with the samis which is the indigenous people of scandinavia. Their language is more to the slavic way but just tiny. Estonians are more baltic because they have been occupied by Russia (which finland also has but, there are way more russians in Estonia), I can agree with that. Fins along with samis according to me is a peculiar poeple :)

@lalepop89

9 жыл бұрын

James Ericson May I correct one little thing? Linguistically and ethnologically speaking Estonians are NOT Baltic at all! They are part of the Finno-Ugric group (which is the same group of Finns and Samis), so it should be quite clear that there is no direct connection between them and Slavic languages/populations. The fact that Russia ruled over Estonia for a long time doesn't necessarily mean that Estonians have ever been or have become "more baltic". The label "Baltic" just refers to the geographical position of Estonia, that's all. The REAL Baltics (from a linguistic and ethnological point of view) are only Latvians and Lithuanians, who speak two languages which were at some point of the history very close to the Slavic ones (they have a common ancestor, the Proto-Balto-Slavic). I hope you won't misunderstand my reply, I'm not attacking you, just wanted to clear a point which is very important to me :)

@EnergyShotStudios

9 жыл бұрын

lalepop89 Yes you are correct! Also with the hungarians :) I dont know why I said that haha.

@CrimsonsDeath12

8 жыл бұрын

FYI Scandinavians are the indigenous people of scandinavia. Samis and finns came much later

Jag älskar filmen "Hidalgo". Den är riktigt bra. Men jag har aldrig hört Viggo Mortensen prata Danska förut. ;D

He also speaks Spanish with an Argentinian accent :-)

Well I have to say after always having only English around me when I was growing up I find it amazing as well even that you speak 5 languages. I have been trying so hard to get to the Level of Spanish I am now with lots of travelling and have now started French, I really think it would be AMAZING to have 5 languages and I hope I do one day.

Wow han lyder satme godt nok som en bedstefar på dansk :D

How can you have trouble understanding what he's saying? I had no problem understanding him at all.

@flannerymonaghan-morris1317

4 жыл бұрын

MulleDK19 I think that people can have trouble of what he’s saying not because of his accent, but because of the fact that he tends to mumble quite a lot.

Vad kul! Jag tittade på en intervju med Viggo när han pratade danska men då förstod jag inte så mycket. Men denhär gången förstod jag 80%. Men vad sa de om Henry?

lol han har jysk accent

@sir_john_hammond

6 жыл бұрын

Such a crappy store.

@matishaslvnordstrm986

3 жыл бұрын

Jydepower

@broendbykim

2 жыл бұрын

@@matishaslvnordstrm986 Vrøvl, han lyder slet ikke jysk - er alt for smart til det - hans far var født I Snekkerup 5 km. fra Ringsted, så Sjællænder.

@NawsChicky He speaks with an American accent, but I have heard "worse" - and he actually speaks with Danish dialect. I believe his dad is from Jutland where people have a different dialect than people who live on the main island (Capital City). Take care :o)

when I hear him speak spanish, he speaks it better than english, with a perfect Argentinian accent. It´s great.

@flannerymonaghan-morris4825

5 ай бұрын

Well, it’s not surprising given that he moved to Argentina when he was a REALLY little kid and moved back to the states aged 10.

@masterpatric07 nope, he's not an argie. he lived in argentina from the time he was three until he was 11, when his parents divorced. his argie accent is pretty spot on, however, which is probably why people assume he's an argie.

funny to hear viggo speak a language that is so similar to my own

Nu kommer jag alltid tänka på honom som en dansk som blivit bra på engelska! XD

ej hvor sjov at han taler dansk! Det synes jeg virkelig er sej :P

granted, i don't speak danish, but it strikes me that viggo speaks danish with an american accent...which makes sense because he's a native new yorker and was raised by an american mother. can anyone verify if he is speaking danish with an american accent or is my brain making stuff up?

incredible guy

Godt at høre du stadig kan dansk, Viggo! ;-)

well, you are partly right.. its not amazing that he speaks all this languages and i speak five too..however, what is impressive is his maintenance and accent of all the languages he know, well, except his french which even though he doesn't speak it with as much fluency as other languages.. he does have an impressive accent and pronunciation.. there are people here in US that speak just spanish and english and they can't even maintain control and people that speak five and speak only one well.

Swede here, how is Viggo's danish? mine is terrible but I can understand what he is saying, but I can't pick up on subtle things

@concensivee

9 жыл бұрын

Peter Bloch Hansen facepalm

@PaltryPete

9 жыл бұрын

Haha, now I see. I misread that question #facepalm. His Danish is very good, but not perfect. Just a tiny bit "edgy"

@MrRambo4

9 жыл бұрын

achmedlolol Mortensen was born in New York City. His mother, Grace Gamble (née Atkinson), is American, and his father, Viggo Peter Mortensen, Sr., is Danish; the two met in Norway. His maternal grandfather was from Nova Scotia, Canada,and his maternal grandmother's family was from New England.

Helt i enig! Kan ikke forstår en dritt!

raise your hand if you dont speak danish even a little bit but are still happy to be here

@CoraCadman

2 жыл бұрын

🙋‍♀️

Sounds so funny when he talks, I had no idea he could speak it so well

AHHAH hans jyske er mega fun elsker det

That isn't always the case! I have met many Americas who live outside the United States for many years and never learn the nation's language. It is not ok to take someones merits and simply call it luck. He earned what he has.

Det er så underligt at høre ham snakke dansk!

Allvarligt, ingen som kan tänka sig lägga upp en svensk översättnig? (a) Jag fattar serriöst ingenting :P

Hehe, the thing is, I'm swedish, so I should understand, and I probably would. but since I'm used to him speaking english, I'm listening for english all the time, and that makes it really confusing and difficult :P

There's this really really weird sound in the background when Viggo speaks and it makes understanding him really tough with my awful Danish.

@janebubles His Danish is fine.. Its understandable .. But tbh its easy to hear that he's not a "danish civilian" .. And still talking abit funny .. But i love him as actor (-:

Jeg synes han lyder meget Jysk. Er hans far fra Jylland?

@broendbykim

2 жыл бұрын

Nej - hans far er fra Ringsted (Snekkerup) - og nej han lyder ikke spor jysk.

Yes you would be more amazing than a native speaker

Det vet jag inte Dansk, men jag förstår Svenska istället. :-)

I'm norwegian, and i understand what he's saying :DD

@DKWiking Han gjør det på engelsk og :D

What is he talking about???

Viggo is amazing.

jeg syntes det er fucking fantastisk hvor anderledes Viggo Mortensen er fra sine roller :D han er stille og rolig, mens han i sine roller er mere "mandig" hvis man må sige sådan :)

Han lyder virkelig gammel når han taler dansk.

I understand most of it. :D (I'm swedish)

@navaheierdal6449

3 жыл бұрын

Wooow here's you medlaj gumman 🎖

Im norwegian, and danish always is kinda blurry to me xD, but i understood everything Viggo Mortensen was saying.

Fucking national treasure. I love Viggo Mortensen

I didn't know he was danish :P I'm Swedish but can KINDA hear what he is saying..

Hahahah, well, the Norwegian language and the Danish language is very a like! Just like Norwegian and Swedish. But Norway was a part of Denmark long ago, so that's mostly why :'3

dansk er så vanskelig å forstå

Hahaha, I understand a little, but i have a hard time understanding danish.. even if it's pretty close to swedish, it's a little hard to understand ,_,

If I didn't know any better I would say he had some sort of speech impediment. He knows the words and doesn't sound quit foreign, but there is something odd there.

For Danish people, how well is his danish?

@formalist6096

11 ай бұрын

He’s Danish. What tf do you think?

@GabrielGuerreroCervantes

11 ай бұрын

@@formalist6096 Nope. He is not... So, still waiting 4 some answer.

@formalist6096

11 ай бұрын

@@GabrielGuerreroCervantes bro. He is a Danish American. What do you mean no? Are you retarded?

'If you do not understand Danish, then this video is not intended fo you' I beg to differ ;)

You are aware that it is his uncle Henry, not his son, they are talking about?

He is talking about the horse, Viggo has purchased it :)

For meg som er norsk, høres det ut som han snakker perfekt dansk. Men hvis man er dansk, hører man sikkert aksenten litt.

He sounds like a jyde (someone from Jutland).

@broendbykim

2 жыл бұрын

No he doesn´t - his father was born in Snekkerup on the Island of Sjælland about 40 km. from Copenhagen.

He is talking Danish!

@EMOJYTTE Totally! :D

han snakker om hesten ;)

Viggo and Scarlett Johansson are the hot americans with Danish father

@Thepomafame

8 жыл бұрын

DeFactoLeader Uhm she's not, her father is Danish which makes her Scandinavian or Viking roots.

@Kevin-be8nj

8 жыл бұрын

+Thepomafame "jewishness" depends on the mother not the father.. just saying

@Thepomafame

8 жыл бұрын

Caoimhghin tnb ??

@Thepomafame

7 жыл бұрын

BennyDACHO Her dad is born in Denmark, her surname is Danish. In a interview she said she celebrates Christmas.

@Thepomafame

7 жыл бұрын

BennyDACHO i don't think her dad is jew, she said in an interview that she celebrated christmas in the danish way, chritmas tree, candles etc i thought jews didn't celebrate christmas, Natalie Portman recently said that she had celebrated christmas for the first time with tree this past december.

@NawsChicky there's a VERY VERY small hint of an american accent... In my opinion he speaks danish almost fluently :D but if you passed him on the street in denmark, without knowing who he is, he would strikeyou as a native dane :)

@chukletmonster Uuh I know? But he is also half american so I asumed he didn't know Danish (:

jeg tror det er fordi han har boet det meste af sit liv i usa og skal virkelig fokusere når han skal snakke dansk,, prøv at finde et engelsk interview med ham,, der går det altså lidt bedre

Hvis jeg mødte ham tilfældigt og ikke vidste hvem han var, ville jeg tro han var fuld af løgn, hvis han fortalte, at han er en mega film-stjerne...

@Snakeston Nå jeg fandt lige ud af at han har arbejdet som trucker i Esbjerg.

GO VIGGO

Accenten lyder faktisk lidt som en ældre herres :b

Yall are crazy to think if Icelanders, Norwegians, Swedes and Finnish people can understand Danish. Danish is "somewhat" close to Icelandic but the difference is rather a large gap when it comes grammar, spelling and pronounciation. All the nordic languages are part of one big family. Cousins mostly. The oldest of them all is Icelandic. Most non-danes can pickup what Viggo was saying in danish but its like playing a puzzle game and a few "lets reverse that clip on what he said". Why I know? My lady is from Iceland.

speaking :)

alla danskar därute, tycker ni han pratar bra danska? Jag är svensk och jag tycker det låter bra men ni vet ju bäst :P

@torjohannsen1988

6 жыл бұрын

It's a bit slurred, but totally understandable.

@ElectroIsMyReligion

3 жыл бұрын

Han taler godt dansk, har en accent men han klarer det godt.

@kitsune2222 Vice versa dude :D

He is half danish.

I'm norwegian so I understand him, but I prefer him speak English (with a British accent). Still, it's really weird hearing him speak danish!

Fuck det er random at høre ham snakke Dansk, det er nok første gang jeg hører det! :D

Kamelåså

Viggo taler meget bedre spansk end dansk// Habla muchísimo mejor el español que el danés.

@bmis86 jeg tror det er fordi at han har jetlag at han taler så stoned:) english: i think its because he has jetlag that he is talking so stoned:)

Det er sgu da ikke så svært (;

I see... It's like Argentinian lenguage and the Urugayian lenguage. They are very similar too. Actually... I dont know why, but... Uruguay was a part of Argentina long ago.... so... that's mostly why XD- By the way... I didnt know Norgwegian had sense of humor... every day man learn something new.. ^^

@brunoescoto9630

7 жыл бұрын

Bazo1488 I know this was 3 years ago but if you still have this account I refuse to let you think something that is wrong. There is no Argentinian language or Uruguay language... they both speak spanish

@compulsivecommenter990

5 жыл бұрын

Hahah they both speak Spanish you mean accent?

@ElectroIsMyReligion

3 жыл бұрын

Norwegian? It’s a danish interview, where he’s speaking danish..

Danish is like speaking Norwegian or Swedish with an apple in your throat.

@EmilieFiirgaard

9 жыл бұрын

Speaking Norwegian and Swedish is like singing Danish. Danish is spoken from the back of your throat, unlike english which lays on the back of the tongue. The reason why people think it sounds odd is because the placement from which it is spoken from is unusual. most other languages are spoken from the tongue, like french which lays on the tip of the tongue, or Spanish which is in the middle. So when people hear Danish or Dutch, they tend to think it sounds similar because both are spoken from the throat. They are not similar, though. No even a little bit ;P

@knogne5073

6 жыл бұрын

figtherthor :(

@ShitOwl

5 жыл бұрын

@@HessianLikeTheFabric yeah danes and german peoples accents very alike i often mistake germans for danes but its just the accent

Wow, anede ikke at Viggo kunne tale Dansk.

@formalist6096

11 ай бұрын

He is Danish.

@inaf1079

11 ай бұрын

@@formalist6096 Det ved jeg da godt!

Uhm, well, you can't really say that Swedish and Norwegian aren't alike at all. If they weren't it would be a very weird matter that most Norwegian people understand Swedish. And besides, as I mentioned, Norway was a part of Denmark which is why the languages are so much a like when it comes to words and stuff, and not with Swedish words. And a lot of Swedish words are said the same way as Norwegian words anyway.

det hjælper nok ikke at svare på dansk når hun spørg på engelsk hvad de siger i et dansk interview

Godt, så er jeg ikke den eneste der synes det xD

Det lyder helt anderledes når han snakker dansk, siden han hele tiden snakker andre sprog. Men idet mindste kan han huske det..

my last name is mortensen! whooooo

@kiliodoulos26 Ja, hans far boede i jylland

@broendbykim

2 жыл бұрын

Sludder - Hans far er født i Snekkerup 5 km. fra Ringsted, så ikke Jylland men Sjælland og flyttede senere til Norge, hvor han mødte Viggos Amerikansk fødte mor. Mia det tog mig 2 min. at få de informationer - jeg går ud fra, at du er jyde.

“If you do not understand Danish, then this video is not intended fo you :-)” just a Blunt way of saying “there are no subtitles for this video”

@ElectroIsMyReligion

3 жыл бұрын

Because it’s only really interesting if you are danish

@TrueOgre3 bla bla svälj gröten (grød)

Han lyder som Naser khader

Danish subtitles.. dunno who he's married to? probably googleable ..

Has Viggo's Danish improved over the yrs?

Det regner jeg ikke med... Funny.