Hvordan går det? 'how goes it?'. Possible answers are: Det går godt/fint 'it goes good/fine'. Hvor'n skær'en? 'how does it cut?' Informal greeting between close friends. Hvad så? 'what then?'. Similar to the English greeting what's up?. More often used in Jutland. A possible answer is Ikke så meget 'not that much'. Hej is a very common informal greeting and equivalent to the English hi, pronounced almost the same. Single word greetings with approximately the same meaning include hejsa (from combining hej with German sa from French ça), dav, davs (both reduced forms of dag meaning 'day'), goddag, halløj, halløjsa, halløjsovs (Pun greeting. Made by combining halløj and løgsovs 'onion sauce'), pænt goddag 'nice good day' is a more formal greeting. Hallo is only used when the speaker is not sure they can be heard. Examples when saying/yelling hallo is appropriate: Trying to find out if someone else is in a seemingly empty room/building; using it as an initial phone greeting; checking if the person you're calling can still hear you (when experiencing a bad phone connection); trying to get the attention of a listener that appears to not pay attention. Mojn is only used in Southern Jutland. It comes from North German moin from the German word Morgen meaning 'morning'. Despite its original meaning it's used as a greeting throughout the day. Hej hej or farvel are common ways to say goodbye. Vi ses 'we will see each other' is used as a farewell greeting in face-to-face comversations while vi snakkes 'we will speak each other'/vi snakkes ved 'we will speak to each other by' are used in both face-to-face and phone/text conversations. Kør forsigtigt 'drive safely' is said to a person leaving the place where the speaker is located and going to drive/bike to another location. Kom godt hjem 'come well home' is said in the same situation whatever the method of transportation. God arbejdslyst 'good lust for work' is said when parting with a person that is either currently at work or leaving to go to work. Tak for i dag 'thanks for today' is often said in more formal contexts of prolonged interactions like at the end of a meeting or the end of a class. God bedring 'good recovery'. Said when leaving a sick person. Ha' det godt 'have it good' or du/I må ha det godt 'you (sg./pl.) may have it good' is a farewell phrase wishing for the other's well-being. A joke variant of this is Ha' det som I ser ud 'have it as you look' (literally: 'have it as you look out'). By not saying the expected adjective godt 'good', the speaker is violating the maxim of quantity and thereby inferring that they do not think the listener looks good. This can be understood as an insult and is therefore mainly used informally between friends. Kære 'dear' followed by a name is a formalised way of beginning a letter, speech etc. Ways to end a letter or e-mail include hilsen 'greeting', (med) venlig hilsen '(with) friendly greeting', sometimes abbreviated to (m)vh . Others include med kærlig hilsen 'with loving greeting' abbreviated kh, knus 'hug'. Ways of say thanks include tak '''thanks', tak skal du have 'thanks shall you have', mange tak 'many thanks', tusind(e) tak 'thousand thanks', tak for det 'thanks for that' and jeg takker 'I thank'. A thanks can be answered with selv tak 'self thanks' or det var så lidt 'it was so little' (referring to the small amount of work that had to be done). Welsh In Welsh the general phatic is a regional and colloquial version of sut mae? ("how is?"). The general pronunciation in southern Wales is shw mae and in the North, su' mae. The usual answer is iawn (OK) or, iawn, diolch' (OK, thanks), or maybe the more traditional, go lew (quite good), go lew, diolch ( qyite good, thanks). Many native-speakers don't answer like this. but simply say, "shw mae?" or "su' mae?" in response.
Hvordan går det? 'how goes it?'. Possible answers are: Det går godt/fint 'it goes good/fine'. Hvor'n skær'en? 'how does it cut?' Informal greeting between close friends. Hvad så? 'what then?'. Similar to the English greeting what's up?. More often used in Jutland. A possible answer is Ikke så meget 'not that much'. Hej is a very common informal greeting and equivalent to the English hi, pronounced almost the same. Single word greetings with approximately the same meaning include hejsa (from combining hej with German sa from French ça), dav, davs (both reduced forms of dag meaning 'day'), goddag, halløj, halløjsa, halløjsovs (Pun greeting. Made by combining halløj and løgsovs 'onion sauce'), pænt goddag 'nice good day' is a more formal greeting. Hallo is only used when the speaker is not sure they can be heard. Examples when saying/yelling hallo is appropriate: Trying to find out if someone else is in a seemingly empty room/building; using it as an initial phone greeting; checking if the person you're calling can still hear you (when experiencing a bad phone connection); trying to get the attention of a listener that appears to not pay attention. Mojn is only used in Southern Jutland. It comes from North German moin from the German word Morgen meaning 'morning'. Despite its original meaning it's used as a greeting throughout the day. Hej hej or farvel are common ways to say goodbye. Vi ses 'we will see each other' is used as a farewell greeting in face-to-face conversations while vi snakkes 'we will speak each other'/vi snakkes ved 'we will speak to each other by' are used in both face-to-face and phone/text conversations. Kør forsigtigt 'drive safely' is said to a person leaving the place where the speaker is located and going to drive/bike to another location. Kom godt hjem 'come well home' is said in the same situation whatever the method of transportation. God arbejdslyst 'good lust for work' is said when parting with a person that is either currently at work or leaving to go to work. Tak for i dag 'thanks for today' is often said in more formal contexts of prolonged interactions like at the end of a meeting or the end of a class. God bedring 'good recovery'. Said when leaving a sick person. Ha' det godt 'have it good' or du/I må ha det godt 'you (sg./pl.) may have it good' is a farewell phrase wishing for the other's well-being. A joke variant of this is Ha' det som I ser ud 'have it as you look' (literally: 'have it as you look out'). By not saying the expected adjective godt 'good', the speaker is violating the maxim of quantity and thereby inferring that they do not think the listener looks good. This can be understood as an insult and is therefore mainly used informally between friends. Kære 'dear' followed by a name is a formalised way of beginning a letter, speech etc. Ways to end a letter or e-mail include 'greeting', '(with) friendly greeting', sometimes abbreviated to . Others include med 'with loving greeting' abbreviated kh, knus 'hug'. Ways of say thanks include tak '''thanks', tak skal du have 'thanks shall you have', mange tak 'many thanks', 'thousand thanks', tak for det 'thanks for that' and jeg takker 'I thank'. A thanks can be answered with selv tak 'self thanks' or det var så lidt 'it was so little' (referring to the small amount of work that had to be done). Welsh In Welsh the general phatic is a regional and colloquial version of sut mae? ("how is?"). The general pronunciation in southern Wales is shw mae and in the North, su' mae. The usual answer is iawn (OK) or, iawn, diolch' (OK, thanks), or maybe the more traditional, go lew (quite good), go lew, diolch ( quite good, thanks). Many native-speakers don't answer like this. but simply say, "shw mae?" or "su' mae?" in response.
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comversations
conversations
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hilsen
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(med) venlig hilsen
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(m)vh
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kærlig hilsen
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tusind(e) tak
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qyite
quite