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Topic: Danish

"Vi er mænd."

Translation:We are men.

4 years ago

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https://www.duolingo.com/js.dani
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Could someone please explain what is the difference in the pronunciation between "mand" and "mænd"?

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Xneb
Xneb
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"Mand" is pretty much said like "man" in English (with a stød/glottal stop on the end) and "Mænd" is pronounced like "men" in English but with a stød on the end
If you click on the speaker symbol on this page next to the IPA, it will sound it out for you so you can compare them

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/js.dani
js.dani
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Mange tak!

4 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/thomassuke
thomassuke
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also, mand means one man, as a singular word, while mænd is plural

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Kreilyn
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Mænd is more like Mind, with the n very quiet and soft..!

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/JnStefnKri
JnStefnKri
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We're men in tights!!

2 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Dragoooon
Dragoooon
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Seems very similar to the way it's pronounced in English

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/MichaelBut478967
MichaelBut478967
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We are Devo!

6 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Kubrt77
Kubrt77
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"Vi er mænd" sounds almost exactly like "We are men" - Is Danish just a different way of spelling English :-) ?

3 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/zlal276349
zlal276349
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What is differences between mænd and mand

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/M.Ugatu
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It's plural and singular.

"Mand"- man. "Manden"- the man. "Mænd"- the men. "Mændene"- the men.

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Miss_Linguistic
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Wouldn't ''Mænd'' be just ''Men'' though?

1 year ago
https://www.duolingo.com/Anouk010307
Anouk010307
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peut tu parler francais

9 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/NadiaCate
NadiaCate
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Je peux parler. As-tu question?

2 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/MayaCajic
MayaCajic
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yup he messed up

8 months ago
https://www.duolingo.com/theminecrafthero
theminecrafthero
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Not every won are men

3 years ago
https://www.duolingo.com/cherylliz
cherylliz
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I'm not a man

3 years ago
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