"Hundene leger."
Translation:The dogs play.
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I didn't write down the name of the person who made this comment (on a different discussion) about the difference between "spiller" and "leger":
"Spiller is playing structured games like board games, or sports, while leger is more like free play outside, running around, or what animals do."
Nice. That's a differentiation I miss in other languages. In Portuguese (my native language), we've got "jogar" to at spille and "brincar" to at lege. :)
Many thanks. I was wondering if spiller meant to play an instrument or music. Perhaps it can mean that too?
Thank you andy! What made me think so are the words from the familiar julens sang "Højt fra træets grønne top" that we enjoy singing loudly each Christmas round the tree. One line goes: "Spillemand, spil lystig op, nu begynder danser"!!
There is a couple of good Danish crime drama's. It's fun to watch and and see how they translate to English. Spillemand, spil lystig op, nu begynder danser........"danceman, play brightly, now begins dancing" as apposed to "Player, play cheerfully, now dances begin"
There's a weird T sound being added to the beginning of the word "Hundene" here, and I just wanted to say that it's a glitch by the pronunciation software.
It's still there!---at least in the regular speech. If you click on the turtle, it all sounds good.
It's still there. But thanks for explaining that it is a software glitch. ( I thought it might be a glitch in my brain!)
It isn't; it's a glitch. Hun-e- If you can find a question with the turtle, and click the turtle, it comes out fine.
I'm not getting why this specific word (leger) is pronounced difference. L"e"ger is pronounced "lie-gah" whilst the rest of the vocabulary learnt so far doesn't have this different pronunciation.
There are a lot of words with "ej" in them that are also pronounced "eye". I am just a beginner but can think of two straight away: "stej" (roast) and "spejlæg"(fried egg).
The "g" in the words "leg" (game) and leger" (play) is not pronounced. Think of the English words "lie" and "liar" and you will get very close :)
Because "hundeene" is the definite plural form and translates to "the dogs". "Hunde" is indefinite.
