Hi! I moved to Denmark in 2024, and have some similar experience with this as Danes are quick to switch to English too. I’m hard at work language learning as I’m sure you are. Scandinavians have great English and also like to have even social ground rather than the high ground of being better in their language. Good recipe for them switching to English.
I guess what little advice I have is try all the time in Swedish, tell friends and coworkers and such that you wanna practice. be comfy failing :) good luck!
Norwegian in Denmark here, I mostly understand Danish and they mostly understand me but my impression is that even the Danes appreciate getting a break from Danish now and then.
The most common expression you’ll hear on the streets of Denmark is “hva sier du?” - “what are you saying”. Because they don’t even understand each other.
Hi! I moved to Denmark in 2024, and have some similar experience with this as Danes are quick to switch to English too. I’m hard at work language learning as I’m sure you are. Scandinavians have great English and also like to have even social ground rather than the high ground of being better in their language. Good recipe for them switching to English.
I guess what little advice I have is try all the time in Swedish, tell friends and coworkers and such that you wanna practice. be comfy failing :) good luck!
I’m swedish and the danes switch to English with me too 😖
That’s just cause they forgot how to say kamelåså
Norwegian in Denmark here, I mostly understand Danish and they mostly understand me but my impression is that even the Danes appreciate getting a break from Danish now and then.
The most common expression you’ll hear on the streets of Denmark is “hva sier du?” - “what are you saying”. Because they don’t even understand each other.