"She speaks Danish."
Translation:Hun snakker dansk.
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In Danish, only names, place names (street names, countries, towns etc), and a few other words (like the name of some institutions) are capitalized.
So, unlike in English, languages, nationalities (and other place-adjectives), months, days, compass directions etc. are not capitalized
Thanks, when I was translating Danish, I thought, am I doing this right? Should I capitalize the I?
Dansk is singular and danske is plural. The singular dansk is also used to refer to the language.
en dansk mand / a Danish man
et danske æble / a Danish apple
danske mænd / Danish men
danske æbler / Danish apples
Jeg taler dansk. / I speak Danish.
It works the same way with the rest of the languages, like engelsk or kinesisk.
[2019/05/13]
I used it with some Danes and they didn't understand. Everyone uses taler and that's what they teach in their classes there
It never had me use 'taler' before and now spontaneously demands it. Use it before now! Lol
