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Could we also say "glad" instead of "happy"? As a native English speaker, this is how I am going to remember it.
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Correct. Please report it when you find it :)
Danish "glad" covers both English "glad" and "happy".
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Though, as a native English speaker as well, I would understand a difference between glad and happy. Glad is being pleased at a result of something (sort of). If someone asks you "how are you" you wouldn't reply "i am glad".
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It helps in terms of memorisation, but I think the English 'glad' is now a little archaic. We seem to be moving away from that particular Scandinavian word in favour of happy, which incidentally also comes from an Old Norse word Hap, meaning luck or fortune I believe!
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In certain circumstances I agree, but on the whole I think happy is the more common and variable word.
I use them both very often, but for different things. Happy describes a general mood, while glad describes an attitude towards a certain event - I'm glad she's here, but she makes me happy.
Note that the former could be used about someone who emphatically doesn't make you happy, i.e. a friend's wife whom you don't care for but who has been ill; you could be glad she's present and recovered, because it makes your friend happy.
This could be dialectical, however, or even idiolectical.
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After studying mainly Swedish, Danish pronunciation makes my head hurt..
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It is weird that it counted 'fond' as a mistake whereas it has given it as an option just a few moments ago... oh, well
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phonetically how is glad pronounced? Is sounds like Glow but I dont know if that the voice duo uses or not.
Here is the pronunciation by native speakers. The sound at the end of the word is a "soft D", which is like the "th" sound in "the" in English, but with the tongue behind the bottom teeth.
