BRIT reacts to Things Danish People Say That We Love 

“Tak for alt” (Thanks for everything) on tombstones is NOT a greeting from the one who passed away, but a greeting from the family and relatives to the person whos’s died.

Tak for kaffe, means "oh, wow" when hearing about something negatively overwhelming. If you're just had coffee with someone, and you say "Tak for kaffe", it just means thank you for coffee.

"Thanks for coffee" means "thanks for coffee" IF you've had coffee - if not, it's sarcastic, ironic or meant as a joke, like fx "holy cow".

A common alternative to "Tak for alt" on headstones, is "Tak for det du var" meaning "Thank you for what you were" - an open-ended and non-specific compliment and reminiscence of the person who died, for the positivity they brought to others.

Robe Trotting that we just watched, has a lot of great video's about Denmark, the language, customs and all sorts of stuff. Can only recommend reacting to more of their video's.

Skat which equivalent to the word "honey" that Americans use instead of their significant other's name also has another use case. It is also usually used by parents to their children.

Sometimes I find myself watching so much english speaking media, the last 10-15 years especially British. I consume so much that I sometimes in my everyday life forget what certain terms and phrases are called in Danish even though I know what they mean. Gotta love a British panelshow.

8:05 The most common phrase said instead of "Please" would be something like "Må jeg bede om" (May I please) or "Vil du være så venlig" (Would you be so kind/friendly)

9:00 It really depends on how you pronounce it. There's nothing wrong with saying "Tak for kaffe" if you were drinking coffee but for anything else it's usually said in a sarcastic way and you would know it's not meant in a thankfull way.

Kind of funny that you had a Denmark shirt on and i have a shirt with a britsh band on. 😂 Dyscarnate 🤘

@4:13 : the word Kæreste. Try say the first part as in the English word Care and add the ending ste and compare to how they pronounce kæreste. Hopefully it helps

Great video :) As a Dane, I do love coffee and pastry but I'm not eating them every day though :D I think I average around 3 days a week when it comes to pastries. My favorites are propably tebirkes and spandaur :)

The "getting a kid" the Danish equivalent word for "getting" here holds a bit different meaning/feel than the English word. Which is how it makes more sense in Danish than English.

The thing about the Nordic languages, they have had a lot of influence on the English language- especially the British variety. Some words are very close to what they would be in English. Like window. Goodbye is farvel. Which if you split it up “far vel” which kinda translates to fare well or fair well. Like have a good trip or be well.

You can find Danish pastry in London at Ole & Steen. Scandinavian Kitchen have pastry and food. I think it's also a place called Nordic bakery in London.

Snails, are because theyre rolled, and then it looks like the spiral of a snails shell. Also Ja Ja, is like "sure" you can use it like, "sure i want to go" or like "yeah, sure" like as a doubt

One of the ones that amuses me but still gives me pangs of shame is that we call a 3.5mm headphone jack a 'jackstik' - stik being our work for jack/plug - so we call it a plug plug.. lol that and 'Scum' - our word for foam (be it sea foam or foam sweets..) and one that'll appear every now and then on Graham Norton or the like when they look at Menus.

we do have words for please and that is "BE OM" like you can say "Må jeg be om sukkeren" witch means "Can i please have the suggar"

I have to object; "we are getting a kid" - I think it sounds like people speaking bad English. I'm Danish and I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that. Remember, they are talking about English expressions, but in Danish we would also use the verb "to have'. "Vi skal have et barn" = 'We're going to have a baby".

You would be amazed by how many very similar basic words we have in Danish ( + the very similar Norwegian and Swedish languages ) compared to English - and there are many grammatical similarities as well. "skat" is the "same" word as "scot" as in "scotfree" 😊

13:00 In some schools depending on where you live in Denmark children are taught English from the first grade. Other languages taught are German and French besides Danish of course. French is usually optional but German is mandatory starting from 4th - 6th grade. Again depending on the school.

ja ja is also a frase reference to an old TV-show called Matador ( that is a cultural serie that almost all Danes have seen and many know by heart, kind of like the the English show:"Upstairs Downstairs or "Downtown Appy" ) In Matador there is a person almost only say "ja ja" and "nej nej" (no no) and "Av min arm" (which is a slang and means something like the slang version in English "you don't say"? or "really?" Or "are you serious?

About the "getting a baby"-thing. In danish that goes like "Vi skal have et barn". Note that our word for "get" literally is "have". I'm quite sure that english "have" and danish "have" goes back to the same germanic root.

Don't let Æ, Ø and Å scare you. They are easy to pronounce, make it your mission to learn them first. Several countries have similar letters with similar sound.

15:55 In danish there a lot of phrases and words that completely different meaning depeding on how you pronounce them. "Ja ja" is one of them. As said in the video it's sweet and kind. Like "would you like to go the movies", "ja ja selvfølgelig". In english it would translate into "Sure of course". But if you ask "Do want to go shopping?" and it's answered with "ja ja". The meaning is more likely to be "sure whatever".

"Ja ja" is a very unenthusiastic yes. It reminds of this quote from Piet Hein: "Man kan sige 'tak', og man kan sige 'tak tak'. 'Tak tak' er so afgjordt en tak mindre." You can say 'tak' or you can say 'tak tak'. 'Tak tak' is definitely a notch less. (Danish has an unrelated word 'tak' meaning notch.) It is fun to hear English speakers saying that in Danish you skip a lot of letters. My impression is that Danish is pronounced much more like it is spelled, and English skips a lot of letters. Take "niece" as example. It means the same in Danish and English. In Danish it is pronounced as spelled: ni-e-se, three syllables. In English it is nis. The e's just get ignored.

It's a maritime country, so you will definitely learn the word "halløj/halloei" This word is used as a greeting, another use for "attention please" or if you are a sailor it means "yes sir" or "affirmative". It's root stems from German/Dutch and is a branch of the word "Ahoj" or the Irish version "Ohoj"😂 and really means a lot of different things, but it's one of the words that you use in a loud environment, and one that needs to communicate as you can't really distinguish as other words. You will meet a wide variety of these maritime expressions in particular in Denmark.

Getting a kid, Danish = få et barn. Getting vil never mean the same af "" få".

6:00 Skat means alot of thing. Treasure is one but it is more common translated to tax. Paying your taxes "Betale din skat".

kinda funny. i liked the video but. England actually have alot of old Danish words from viking age too.

"Ja ja" is extremely context dependent in Danish. It can even mean "no".

Tak Skat.

thank you for coffee means thank you for coffee because you had coffee. If we are being ironic, you have no doubt. What we say is what we mean and you have no doubt if we are being ironic like if I say they did well what do you think I mean

You guys may want to try the more formel Danish greetings "god-dag" [go(ð)-day(gh] = good day (🙄), farvel [fAr-vel] & "velkommen" 😊

R.I.P is the same as Hvil i fred

Nah males are calling their girlfriend skat because you treasure them and you need to give them offering to keep them Happy, like playing taxes to keep THE MAN abay. Also tak for kaffe is Also a expression of supprice, like: wow, thats a lot. Also what people call a Dane (pastry) we call wienerbrød(wienerbread) as a tribute to the people from wien that brought the kipfel style of bakeed goods(we just made it a bit more fattening).

7:05 It's actually spelled wrong. It's spelled "BÆ". You could spell it bae but you wouldn't spell it like that unless you're using a keyboard that doesn't have the danish letters. The danish letters - Æ (ae), Ø (oe) and Å (aa) was introduced centuries ago dating back to the 1800. Most danes will however understand if you writing the letters the old way if you're letting them know you are. Any sane dane wouldn't understand it right way if they saw the word "bae".

It is a misconception there's no word for please. The word in Danish is "behage" it was way more often used in the last century, my grandparents used it and my old religion teacher used it alot. Here is an example how to use it, "om jeg må behage dem herrer" ; may i please you sir:. Or, Hvis det ikke behager dem, så kan de altid smutte deres vej. "You can always leave and be on your way, if it doesn't please you. Behage/r means please/ing

kids start to learn english in 1. grade

Remember the Passport now Britain has left the EU/Kontinent. And remember, we all drive in the right side!

"Tak for kaffe" doesn't mean "Thanks for wasting my time", like he said. It's more something you say in astonishment over something, usually a high price tag. For instance, if you walk into a restaurant, and the cheapest thing on the menu is £10, you could make this face: 😳and go "Tak for kaffe!!"😤 _Robetrotting_ you showed is a fun channel to learn how Americans view Copenhagen and Denmark in general.

Scandinavia is only Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Not occasionally Finland and Iceland. 😴