When I arrived in Copenhagen, I signed up for a visiting family. That means that a Danish family will have me over for dinner, or other activities a few times during the semester. The other day, I was contacted by the mother in the family. She wrote that they would love to have me over for dinner this week and was very welcoming. She signed the letter:
''Sincerely/ Hilsen Helle''
Merely thinking that the '/' was a mistake, I assumed her name to be Hilsen Helle. Not too weird right? So I wrote back: ''Hello Hilsen,'' and so on. As it turns out, her name is Helle. 'Hilsen' means 'sincerely' in Danish! So I had said ''Hello sincerely.'' Great start to my Danish language adventures. . .
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