"Jeg har drukket øl siden jeg var seksten."

Translation: I have drunk beer since I was sixteen.

[Balaur]

The more natural "I've been drinking..." was accepted, for those curious.

[visualisation]

Isn't the word "seksten" usually pronounced differently (like "s-aah-ee-sten")?

[heinzgenrikh]

The audio is wrong. Please report it together.

[DanXander]

I was lazy and wrote the number 16 instead of spelling it out and it was marked wrong. :( Darn it.

[Tviko-Tviko]

haha they should write a cheeky response, when you do that. That would be awesome.

[AlexMoby]

Is the sequence of tenses practically the same in Danish than in English or are there some differences ?

[milbern]

I wrote “I have been drinking” and it was rejected. “I have drunk beer” since I was sixteen makes it sound as if “I have drunk beer continuously since i was sixteen”. Maybe that’s what they meant.

[tylerh]

"Have drank" is also acceptable, even if it isn't common. Please see: http://grammarist.com/usage/drink-drank-drunk/

[christainj1]

I got marked incorrect for using drank and not drunk

[webgenie]

Same here. In SW US "have drank" is also commonly said.

[paolodavino]

Lol. Grew up in Greenwich, CT, went to Brown, lived in Scandinavia for 10 years, and would never say “have drunk.” Only “have drank.” But yea, I must be a hillbilly.

[Osmotic]

Would anyone like to comment on the TTS on this sentence? It seems to me like 'drukket øl siden' is being compressed very unnaturally close together

[Tviko-Tviko]

Compressed ? In what kind of way ?

[Osmotic]

Apologies for my cryptic wording. The words are pronounced unusually close together. I am wondering if this is considered 'natural' at all.

[whukriede]

I have found the pronunciations on Forvo to be much more sensible (ie, following the syllables) than those of the synthetic voice here.

[webgenie]

Forvo? Oh my gosh, I hadn't heard of it before. That's useful in so many languages for me! I didn't know it existed! Thanks. That is extremely helpful! You have no idea how helpful that is! :)

[SantiAnnd]

You go girl!

[sighen2]

"jeg har drukket øl siden jeg var 16" is incorrect???