Historical Tidbit Thursdays - Vikings - Scandinavian Languages (Part Four) - #TidbitThursday

Howdy! Last week we learned some Danish words. This week we're going to learn a few more words. Hope you enjoy digging in!

Question Words:
• When? - Hvornar?(vornor)
• Where? - Hvor?(Ivor)

Numbers:
• 0 - nul (nool)
• 1 - en(ain)
• 2 - to (toe)
• 3 - tre (tray)
• 4 - fire (feerer)
• 5 - fem(fem)
• 6 - seks (sex)
• 7 - syv (soo)
• 8 - otte(aw-der)
• 9 - ni (nee)
• 10 - ti (tee)

Days of the Week:
• Monday - mandag(Manda)
• Tuesday - tirsdag(teers-da)
• Wednesday - onsdag(ons-da)
• Thursday - torsdag (tors-da)
• Friday - fredag(fray-da)
• Saturday - lordag(ler-da)
• Sunday - sondag (sern-da)

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Historical Tidbit Thursdays - Vikings - Scandinavian Languages (Part Three) - #TidbitThursday

Howdy! Last week we learned some Danish words. This week we're going to learn a few more words. Hope you enjoy digging in!

Health Words:
• I have pain here - Jeg har ondt her (Yigh har ont hair)
• I'm ill/sick - Jeg er syg(Igh air soo-oo)
• I feel dizzy - Jeg er svimmel (Yigh air svimmel)
• I'm pregnant - Jeg er gravid (Yigh air gra-veethe)

Body Parts:
• Ankle - anklen (ank-len)
• Arm - armen(armen)
• Back - ryggen (rooggen)
• Foot - foden (foe-then)
• Head - hovedet (ho-erthet)
• Leg - benet(beenet)
• Shoulder - skulderen (skoollern)
• Throat - halsen (hal-sen)

Other Health Words:
• I have a toothache - Jeg har tandpine(Yigh har tann-peener)
• My child is ill - Mit barn er sygt(Meet barn air soo-oot)
• Doctor - doktor(doktor)
• Dentist - tandlaege (tann-layer)

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Historical Tidbit Thursdays - Vikings - Scandinavian Languages (Part Two) - #TidbitThursday

Howdy! Last week we learned some Danish words. This week we're going to learn a few more words. Hope you enjoy digging in!

Introductions:
• My name is ... - Jeg hedder (yigh hither)
• What's your name? - Hvad hedder De? (va hither dee)

Meals:
• breakfast - morgenmad (morn-mathe)
• Lunch - frokost(fraw-kost)
• Dinner - middag (medda)
• Thank you very much - Mange tak (mung-er tuck)

Other Food Words:
• Bakery - bager(bay-er)
• Yeast pastry - kringle(krengler)
• Mints - pebermynte(pev-er-moonter)
• Ice - is (ees)
• Lemon - citron(citrone)
• Candy - bolsjer(boll-sher)
• Caramel - nougat(nooga)
• Ham - skinke (skinker)
• Grapes - vindruer(veen-droo-er)

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Historical Tidbit Thursdays - Vikings - Scandinavian Languages - #TidbitThursday

Howdy! Last week we learned a little Old Norse language. This week we'll start learning some Scandinavian languages starting with Danish. Hope you enjoy digging in!

These words are modern Scandinavian that we're learning just for fun. The words that Vikings would have spoken would be considered Old Scandinavian which we will analyze at a later time. For now, let's learn some basic words!

Basic Greetings:
• Hello - Dav (dow)
• Hello - Hej (hi)
• Good Morning - Godmorgen (go-morn)
• Good Day - Goddag (go-day)
• Goodbye - Farvel (far-vel)

Useful Words:
• Yes - ja (ya)
• No - nej(nigh)
• Thank you - Tak (tuck)
• Thank you very much - Mange tak (mung-er tuck)
• Excuse me - Undskyld (on-skool)
• I'm sorry - Desvaerre (desvair)

Communicating Words:
• Do you speak English? - Taler De engelsk? (tayler dee eng-elsk)
• I don't understand - Jeg forstar det ikke(yigh forstor day igger)
• Please can you repeat that? - Vii de vaere sa venlig at gentage det? (vil dee vair saw venlee at ghen-tay day)
• Thank you very much - Mange tak (mung-er tuck)

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