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Lol yes, that silent d makes it tricky, and the whole way it's spelt is curious.
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It kind of helps to know that "y" is a vowel, and that you just put it in the middle of the end... but still...
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If any of you speak German, I see the word "Schuld" in here, which might make it easier to remember.
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Danke für den Hinweis. Ja, klingt irgendwie nach Ohn' Skül ... (Unschuldig!)
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Skyld = Schuld? Un = Negierung
UNschuld Entschuldigung
Danke, das hilft.
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Living with a Dane. The woman in this program is pronouncing it incorrectly....
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Living in Denmark. Danes speak very differently and didn't really agree on the "correct" way of pronouncing stuff. It all depends on the region you're living in. Were I live they pronounce the U less like an o (shopping) and more like a u (June).
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Being a dane, I have never heard anyone pronounce it that way. Should be changed.
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Having invented Danish language, it is actually very awful the way it is pronounced here.
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Having invented the human lingual structure, you're all completely wrong.
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Having invented human beings, I am disappointed by how stupid all your fighting is.
I hear "ornskyld", which is definitely incorrect. The u is pronounced as a sort of o but not the kind of o in "on" as is heard here. More like the sound of "ohhhhh".
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Here they pronounce the "o" more subtle than duolingo:
http://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=Undskyld&search=S%C3%B8g
Is this correct?
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Depends on the dialect spoken. Dialects are very strong over all Scandinavia.
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As a German this is literally "Entschuldigung". Any chance that "excuse me" is also a valid English translation? I just reported it..
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I think "excuse me" should be accepted as a valid translation. Another way to say "excuse me" would be "undskyld mig". "mig" is just like the German "mich". Literally " sorry me".
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Does anyone know how the roots break down? I tried breaking up and translating the german word "Entschuldigung" mentioned and my guesses would be that the roots literally mean something like "misstep" or "my fault."
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See borgen the best ever political drama to familiarise with danish words. It really works, for me...
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Actually 'undskyld' must be closely related as well to Dutch 'onschuld', which means 'innocence' - and which makes me love this Danish word.
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That would be uskyld in Danish. :)
U- is the negation prefix, while und- denotes a movement away from [noun].
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it seems to be more related to verontschuldigen, though I noticed before that in a lot of cases where dutch language seems to use things like ver- danish language seems to just remove that part :P
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I remember this word because it reminds me of "unskilled" in English which I would apologize if i was.
the speaker says "Unskald", the real word is "UnSKyLd"
kind regard from TRump
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Yikes this audio is terrible!
Check here for the correct pronunciation: https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?query=undskyld
