"Spiser edderkoppen æblet?"
Translation:Is the spider eating the apple?
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Edderkoppen reminds me of enderman which is why I can remember the word.
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Wait... what? (And I was just surprised you used that word, but it doesn't matter as long as it helps you remember :D)
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It's a very soft t. Sounds more like a d. You can hear a Danish guy saying it on Forvo.
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https://youtu.be/ThHzV6KSUG8 (sucking the juice out)
Can someone explain why this does not simply say "eat the spider the apple"? where does the question "is" or "does", that implies a question come into play? and how can I tell. It seems different than other sentences for some reason? Thanks!
Well, "eat the spider the apple" doesn't make any sense, does it?
In order to ask a question in Danish, you only need to change the word order and move the verb to the beginning of the sentence. Unlike in English, you don't use a copula (do, be, have, …) for this purpose.
Edderkoppen spiser æblet. – The spider eats the apple./The spider is eating the apple.
Spiser edderkoppen æblet? – Does the spider eat the apple?/Is the spider eating the apple?
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It sounds as if edderkoppen is pronounced "eelikoppen", am I hearing it correctly?
The d is like a cross between an l and a d. Say an l like you just went to the dentist and got numbed up lol
for me, I mostly pronounce the d like an apostrophe, and only pronounce it as an l when there's and et after it but I think that's wrong so....
No, that would be: Edderkopper spiser æbler.
Its very difficult to hear the ends of spider and apple. Kt sounds like she is saying the spider and the apples.