carr@convex.UUCP (03/19/86)
>Swedish-- >thank you is "Tack" (not like the tack you affix things to the wall with) >and the "I don't speak" sentence would go something like >"Jag talar ingen Svenska; talar du Engelska?" >(yogg tall-are' ing-in sven-skah'; tall-are' due sven-skah'?) ^^^^^^^^^What? You just said "I don't speak Swedish, do you speak Swedish? Oh well, the Swedish person will most likely reply in English "Pardon me?". Don't get me wrong, the folks from Sweden, Denmark, and Norway will enjoy hearing you speak the native language. In Denmark (Danmark), thank you is "Tak". Sounds just like Swedish. The other sentence sounds like "Yeg tailer' ing-en Dansk; tailer' Dee een-sk." In Norway (Norge), subsitute "Norsk" for "Dansk" and "sing" the phrase. Call me if you want to hear the REAL THING. "En Norge er alle ting smuk." Rob Carruthers {uiucdes!convex!carr} (214) 952-0200