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Pronunciation Notes

Hi guys! Recently I watched a video about the pronunciation of Norwegian letters that was very helpful and I took some notes so here they are! this will be divided into the sections presented in the video :)

Here is the youtube video

basics:

there are 20 consonants 

there are 9 vowels: a, e, i, o, u, y, æ, ø, å

stress of a word is usually on the first syllable

rarely used letters

mostly used in loan words

q pronounced like k or kv

w pronounced like v

x pronounced like s or ks

z pronounced like s

silent letters

d

ld: kald -> kal

nd: hånd -> hån

rd: bord -> bor

silent at end of word after vowel; med -> me

g

gj: gjøre -> jøre

ig: hyggelig -> hyggeli

h

h and a consonant 

hjeple -> jelpe

hvor -> vor

t

after definite singular*

bordet -> borde

*I am not quite sure what a definite singular is, if you know feel free to share

when is o pronounced like å?

o is o when it’s sound is long, ex. oo sound

before 0 or 1 consonant

ex. mor, to

o is å when it’s sound is short, ex. o sound

before 2 or more consonants

ex. kommer, norge

before g or v

ex. tog, sov

that is all I have for today! I hope this helps someone as it helped me! if you would like further clarification or think something could be worded better go ahead and let me know!

remember to spread positivity and love :)

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Hi there!

I am in need of help, please quickly answer this!

I need the translation of the word “soothing” in the following languages. I’m not familiar with all of them and since I can get several results on the internet, I decided to post it on good old Tumblr.

The languages are:

1.German

2.Japanese

3.Finnish

4.Norwegian (Bokmal)

5.Arabic (classical)

6.Hindi

7.Chinese (Mandarin)

8.Korean

9.Italian

10.Spanish

11.Latin

Friday, 1 November

It’s getting real. Today marks the start of my self-imposed 30-day challenge to learn Norwegian. The idea is to see if I can learn a language in a month (and then I’ll write about the whole experience in the second issue of my zine). I’m super excited but also super intimidated 🙈

Anyone want to be my language partner? 🇳🇴 DM me here or on Instagram (teawithantigone)