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This highlights the openness of Denmark. In most other countries, this would be prohibited.
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This belongs in the common phrases section right next to "hej" and "godmorgen"
I am pretty sure that would mean "the bear was born LIKE a duck." I think if you take out the "som" from that sentence it would be correct, however wonderfully ludicrous it is. :)
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Yes, that's correct, although "birthed a baby" would normally be said as "gave birth to a baby".
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The verb is "bear". "Birth" is a noun.
"The bear bore a duck."
On the assumption that the sentence has to make some kind of sense, I wrote "The bear was feeding the duck". Well, think again! :D
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My Danish boyfriend said; "But it is a free world. You can do as you please!!!" :/
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Is this from a folk tale? My translation "the bear bore a duck" was rejected though bore is often used as a synonym for giving birth. It sounds less strange, but can seem to mean that the bear carried a duck.
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This is ridiculous. Nonsensical sentences are much harder to understand, because they make no sense and no sane person uses them. I can imagine a talking bear or duck in a story for children, but births?
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I like the slightly weirder sentences - when a sentence is something you might say in everyday conversation I find I tend to figure out what it says through context and what makes sense rather than paying close attention to the words I'm supposed to be learning. When it's a little silly like this it catches my attention and I remember things easier. Also it's fun.
True. I think their main focus is teaching you vocabulary anyways, so it makes it more enjoyable this way. It does leave a good gap for learning normal danish phrases, but that comes as you hear and understand them, and that requires vocabulary.
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Yes, I could understand if a bear gave birth to another mammal, such as a cat. Science allows for that with implanted embryos. But a duck is not even a mammal. It hatches from an egg. It could not be nourished by, or even attached to, a placenta.
