kuneli wrote:But I would like to learn real danish first of all because I like the sound of the language and secondly it's a challenge to learn understand the spoken language.
A challenge is definitely right. I can give a short summery of the spoken language from a Norwegian point of view.
I have no problems with written Danish, as it's quite similar to Norwegian (bokmål), but the spoken Danish is very different from Norwegian. Many (read; most) Norwegians have problems understanding Danes. I have a Danish uncle, and all of the Norwegian part of the family still have problems understanding him. And I've even seen Norwegians and Danes having to speak English to each other (and I don't blame them).
There's a joke in Norway saying that Norwegians can understand Danish only when drunk. But there are actually some truth in it.
But having said that, I must add that the spoken Danish varies a lot. Some Danes are actually possible to understand.
Long, uninteresting reply from me here. But that's at least how most Norwegians views the Danish spoken language, and it's indeed a challenge, even if you have no problems with the written language. I hope I didn't discourage anyone from learning the language
I'll end this reply with a short clip about the Danish language:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk