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I thought I heard Min søn leger med til mig
I still don't have a good grip on pronunciation rules for Danish.
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Is there a way to recognize the difference in pronounciation between "mad" and "mig"? They sound the same to me when I play the audio slowly.
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The vowel sounds are very similar when not stressed but 'mad' still ends in that '-l' sound whereas 'mig' has no final consonant.
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Additionally, I would say that "mad" sounds like the English "mel" or "mal", and "mig" sounds like a clipped "my".
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Yes, that's how it sounds to me, too. It makes sense - "mad" is a cognate of English "meal" and "mig" is obviously "me".
Really, the soft 'd' in 'mad' is more like a clipped 'l.' Your tongue doesn't touch the roof of your mouth the same way it was with 'l.'
"Mig" sound a little more like "my" only it's shortened, unlike the way Americans drag out its ending.
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Difference between "til" and "for"? It is different if you compare danish with english, por example
