"Jeg er en dreng."
Translation:I am a boy.
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Is the audio right for this? All I can make out is 'jeg en dreng' - i.e. three syllables.
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This is not very good for learning the language, but it's generally how it will be pronounced if you go to Denmark. Though I agree this is rather harsh to expect of the users.
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Is this similar to contractions in English like "I am" -> "I'm" or "going to" -> "gonna" ?
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No. Not an allowed one, but in speech they're just contracted because they are mumbled/said so fast that you can't hear the difference. Usually if Danish people want to indicate missing words they use: ', like this: "Jeg' en dreng". Though this should not be used, since it's simply to indicate the very spoken nature of the sentence.
I don't see how that's any different than "gonna" in English, then, just by your explanation. "Gonna" isn't proper in English and it is just something we have adopted as a "written word" only because it conveys that mumbled nature. While gonna is not actually a contraction like "can't", it is still that mumbled rush/blend of two words much like this sentence, then right?
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No. And yes. That is how you would say in Danish in real life, but I think the TTS should pronounce all the words. This can only be done with personal pronouns ending on a wovel sound:
- Jeg' ... = Jeg er
- Du' ... = Du er
- Det' ... = Det er
- Vi' ... = Vi er
- I' ... = I er
- De' ... = De er
Also with those non-(personal) pronouns:
- Her' = Her er
- Der' = Der er
This can therefore not be done with:
- Han er
- Hun er
- Den er
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Please not that this is not official. Don't use it in a job application or in writing in general :)
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Oh, yeah, of course. A typical Dane won't even use it when writing to his best friend...
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"er" is sounded out as "e-ah" and that is lost in this speed. If we had the slower one, we would possibly hear it better, I think.
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what is the deference between drengen and dreng? drengen = the boy and dreng = just boy?
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I get the impression "e" becomes similar to "ai" when followed by a nasal: both "en" and "dreng" sound like "ain draing". Am I correct in this assumption?
