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In Danish, when the wind is really strong we can say “Det stormer/blæser en halv pelikan”, it directly translates to “It’s storming/blowing half a pelican” and I have absolutely zero idea why.
It is an older saying though, so not everyone will know it.

Submitted by @grapethranen, with the help of @ezhs

[resources: the article “Hvorfor siger vi, at det blæser en halv pelikan ?” in the Kristeligt Dagblad (in Danish), this blogpost “Det blæser en pelikan” by TALEMÅDER - SJOVE ORDSPROG(in Danish)and this video “Derfor siger vi, at det blæser en halv pelikan” by the weather and news stationDR (Danmarks Radio)(in Danish)]

@inlanguagewedontsay

Sun, 09 Sep 2018 19:00:28

Telling the time in danish

Hvad er klokken? what time is it?

Klokken er ___. It is ___o’clock.

en 1

to 2

tre 3

fire 4

fem 5

seks 6

syv 7

otte 8

ni 9

ti 10

elleve 11

tolv 12

#language learning #danish #danish language #danish langblr #dansk langblr #langblr #polyglot #scandanavian language

@plyglct

Sun, 26 Jan 2020 12:29:58

mit-danske-eventyr:

hello friends!!
i recently hit 100 followers!! hooray!! to celebrate i’ve made this massive fuck-off masterlist of some resources that have helped me or that i’ve seen on this danish language journey alright peace
Courses/Online Lessons
Dansk Her og Nu [x]
Speak Danish [x]
Teach Yourself Danish PDF [x]
Loecsen [x]
Polymath [x]
ieLanguages [x]
Duolingo [x]
Memrise [x]
Quizlet [x]
Reading
Project Gutenberg [x]
Saxo [x]
Children’s Books Forever [x]
Complete List of Brothers Grimm Stories [x]
Wikipedia [x]
Archive of Our Own [x]
WeirdSpace Digital Library [x]
Dictionaries
Den Danske Ordbog [x]
Gyldendals Røde Ordbøger [x]
Learn with Oliver [x]
Blogs/News
DR [x]
Danish Language Blog [x]
KBH Sprogcenter [x]
Politiken [x]
TV2 [x]
Soundvenue [x]
Filmmagasinet Ekko [x]
PaperBoy List of 60 Newspapers [x]
Mål Webcomic [x]
Videos/Audio
Learn Danish With Thomas [x]
EU Speech Repository [x]
Studieskolen Language Films [x]
Listening Practice [x]
Forvo [x]
TuneIn Radio [x]
Khan Academy Dansk [x]
Skjaldesange (Lyrics Only?) [x]
Spotify Top 50 [x]
Grammar/Vocab
Vores Fællessprog [x]
Passive Voice Explanation [x]
Basby.dk [x]
Fjernundervisning [x]
500 Most Common Verbs [x]
Frequency List [x]
Useful Phrases [x]
Billedtema [x]
Find Ledsætning [x]
(tbh idk what this is there is a lot going on) [x]
Foreign Numbers App [x]
UniLang [x]
Language Tests
Dialang [x]
17 Minute Languages [x]
Cactus Languages [x]
Tumblrs
@lovelybluepanda @strangedenmark @useless-denmarkfacts @teachmelatvian @livingdanishly @eddermaneme @theepicevents
danish tag [x]

Film/TV Recs (haven’t seen all of these but thought i’d put them out there)
Underverden (Darkland)
Rejseholdet (Unit One)
Forbrydelsen (The Killing)
Elsker Dig for Evigt (Open Hearts)
Efter Brylluppet (After the Wedding)
Festen (The Celebration)
Hævnen (In a Better World)
En Kongelig Affære (A Royal Affair)
The Passion of the Joan of Arc (idk i have a danish version?)
De Grønne Slagtere (The Green Butchers)
Kollektivet (The Commune)
Broen (The Bridge)
Babette’s Feast
Matador
Ordet
Italiensk for Begyndere (Italian for Beginners)
Jagten (The Hunt)
The Rain
Submarino
Pelle the Conqueror
The Pusher Trilogy
BFI List of 10 Danish Films [x]
Most Iconic Danish Films [x]
IMDB Best Danish Films [x]
Letterboxd [x]