Danish
Danish
“Around the World in Eighty Days” (in Danish: “Jorden rundt i 80 dage”, orig. Around the World in Eighty Day) by Jules Verne – is a complete, engaging story specially adapted to the B2 (upper intermediate) level. You don't need to know every word. You'll understand 95% of the text immediately, and every new word is explained in the margin. You simply read – and learn naturally.
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The vocabulary in this book was selected based on an analysis of 2 billion words from authentic texts, precisely matched to the B2 level. You learn exactly the words that are most useful in everyday life.
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Danish is an official language of Denmark and Greenland and is taught and understood in parts of northern Germany and the Faroe Islands.
Danish has about 6 million native speakers, chiefly in Denmark and Greenland, with smaller communities in northern Germany.
Danish is a North Germanic language with two grammatical genders (common and neuter), definite suffixes on nouns (the house → huset), and reduced vowels in speech that make listening comprehension challenging. Word order is often V2 in main clauses; verb particles resemble those in English phrasal verbs.