Fluent Fiction - Danish: Mads Learns to Say 'Red Porridge'!
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Story Transcript:

Da: Sofie og Lars mødtes på traditionel dansk restaurant.
En: Sofie and Lars met at a traditional Danish restaurant.

Da: Mads var også med.
En: Mads was also there.

Da: De skulle lære ham at udtale "rødgrød med fløde".
En: They had to teach him to pronounce "red porridge with cream".

Da: Mads gjorde sit bedste, men det lød mere som "røgbrød med fløde".
En: Mads did his best, but it sounded more like "smoked bread with cream".

Da: Sofie og Lars grinede og prøvede at hjælpe ham.
En: Sofie and Lars laughed and tried to help him.

Da: De viste ham, hvordan man formede munden og sagde det langsomt.
En: They showed him how to shape the mouth and said it slowly.

Da: Mads lavede stadig fejl, men de blev bedre og bedre.
En: Mads still made mistakes, but they got better and better.

Da: Afslutningen på aftenen var en stor portion rødgrød med fløde til alle tre.
En: The end of the evening was a large portion of red porridge with cream for all three.

Da: De spiste og grinede og nød hinandens selskab.
En: They ate and laughed and enjoyed each other's company.

Da: Mads lærte endelig, hvordan man udtaler den svære dessert, og de alle var glade.
En: Mads finally learned how to pronounce the difficult dessert and they were all happy.


Vocabulary Words:

• Sofie: Sofie
• Lars: Lars
• Mads: Mads
• Restaurant: Restaurant
• Teach: Lære
• Pronounce: Udtale
• Red: Rød
• Porridge: Grød
• Cream: Fløde
• Smoked: Røget
• Bread: Brød
• Laugh: Grine
• Help: Hjælpe
• Shape: Forme
• Mouth: Mund
• Slowly: Langsomt
• Mistakes: Fejl
• Better: Bedre
• Evening: Aften
• Large: Stor
• Portion: Portion
• Eat: Spise
• Enjoy: Nyde
• Company: Selskab
• Difficult: Svær
• Dessert: Dessert
• Learn: Lære
• Happy: Glade