{"id":1275,"date":"2011-11-01T00:41:24","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T00:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=1275"},"modified":"2011-11-01T00:41:24","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T00:41:24","slug":"learning-norwegian-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/learning-norwegian-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Norwegian Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have found several excellent videos to help you learn your numbers in Norwegian:)<\/p>\n<p>You can find one of them <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T-iCrH5oWu4\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=T-iCrH5oWu4<\/a>that will help you learn Norwegian Numbers. \u00a0Don&#8217;t be distracted by the woman&#8217;s sensual voice or the fact that she mentions her favorite number is 69. \u00a0Apparently she was not aware that the number 69 has a sexual connotation in the U.S&#8230;..In any case, the video is educational and I think very helpful. \u00a0You will probably notice a few things:<\/p>\n<p>1) The number 7 is &#8220;sju&#8221; or &#8220;syv&#8221; depending on the dialect spoken<\/p>\n<p>2) The &#8220;v&#8221; in &#8220;tolv&#8221; (12) is silent.<\/p>\n<p>3) 6 is &#8220;seks&#8221; and is pronounced like &#8220;sex&#8221; but 16 is &#8220;seksten&#8221; and is not pronounced like &#8220;sex-ton&#8221; but rather &#8220;sigh-sten&#8221; \u00a060 is back to the pronunciation like 6&#8230;&#8221;seksti&#8221; pronounced &#8220;sex-tee&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>4) A similar progression occurs for the number 8 and it&#8217;s various forms (18, 80). \u00a0&#8220;\u00c5tte&#8221; is 8 and is pronounced &#8220;oat-uh.&#8221; \u00a0&#8220;Atten&#8221; is 18 and is pronounced &#8220;ah-ten&#8221; (notice also there is no &#8220;halo&#8221; over the a like there is in the number 8). \u00a0&#8220;\u00c5tti&#8221; is 80 and is pronounced &#8220;oat-ee.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another video, which is far less controversial and was posted by a very sweet sounding young girl <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Learn norwegian! Numbers\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a79iSZPesHc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>.<\/p>\n<p>I just discovered this website as well that has various games for you to play to help you learn the numbers. \u00a0They are pretty cool. \u00a0Check it out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaldialects.com\/Norwegian.htm\">here<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I find the following information found on Wiki Books quite interesting myself. \u00a0You can learn a bit more about the history behind Norwegian numbers and where some of the spelling and pronunciations come from. \u00a0I hope you enjoy learning about Norwegian numbers! \u00a0It&#8217;s important to review them often to really learn them.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Numeral<\/th>\n<th>Literal<\/th>\n<th>Additional information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>Null<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><a title=\"w:Bokm\u00e5l\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bokm%C3%A5l\">Bokm\u00e5l<\/a>: \u00e9n (masc.), \u00e9i (fem.), ett (neuter)<br \/>\n<a title=\"w:Nynorsk\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nynorsk\">Nynorsk<\/a>: \u00e9in (masc.), \u00e9i (fem), eitt (neuter)<\/td>\n<td>In Bokm\u00e5l, masc. and fem. are sometimes merged into a common gender (<em>\u00e9n<\/em>). The common gender is inherited from written Danish and is therefore not allowed in Nynorsk, which has always used three genders. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>einn<\/em>\u00a0(masc.),\u00a0<em>ein<\/em>\u00a0(fem.),\u00a0<em>eitt<\/em>\u00a0(neuter)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>To<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>tvo<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>tveir<\/em>\u00a0(masc.),\u00a0<em>tv\u00e6r<\/em>\u00a0(fem.),\u00a0<em>tvau<\/em>\u00a0(neuter). Some dialects still uses\u00a0<em>tvei<\/em>,\u00a0<em>tv\u00e6<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>tvau<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Tre (tri)<\/td>\n<td>Earler\u00a0<em>tri<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk, still part of the official orthography, but not to be used by the authorities. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>\u00fer\u00edr<\/em>\u00a0(masc.),\u00a0<em>\u00ferj\u00e1r<\/em>(fem.),\u00a0<em>\u00ferj\u00fa<\/em>\u00a0(neuter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Fire<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>fjore<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk, before gradually being replaced by\u00a0<em>fire<\/em>. Origin: Danish\u00a0<em>fire<\/em>, Old Norse\u00a0<em>fj\u00f3r\u00edr<\/em>\u00a0(masc.),\u00a0<em>fj\u00f3rar<\/em>\u00a0(fem.),\u00a0<em>fj\u01ebgur<\/em>(neuter).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Fem<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>fimm<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Seks<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>sex<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Sju (syv)<\/td>\n<td>The spelling\u00a0<em>syv<\/em>\u00a0was banned from the official orthography in 1951, but re-introduced in 2005. Nynorsk has always used\u00a0<em>sju<\/em>\u00a0(originally<em>sjau<\/em>). Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>sjau<\/em>, Danish\u00a0<em>syv<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>\u00c5tte<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>\u00e5tta<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>\u00e1tta<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Ni<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>nio<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>n\u00edu<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Ti<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>tio<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>t\u00edu<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>11<\/td>\n<td>Elleve<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>ellifu<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>12<\/td>\n<td>Tolv<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>t\u00f3lf<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>13<\/td>\n<td>Tretten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>trettan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>\u00ferett\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>14<\/td>\n<td>Fjorten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>fjortan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>fj\u00f3rt\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>Femten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>femtan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>fimt\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>16<\/td>\n<td>Seksten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>sekstan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>sext\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>Sytten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>sjauttan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>sjautj\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>Atten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>atjan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>\u00e1tj\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>Nitten<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>nitjan<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>n\u00edtj\u00e1n<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>Tjue<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>tyve<\/em>\u00a0in Bokm\u00e5l and\u00a0<em>tjugo<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>tjogu<\/em>,\u00a0<em>tuttugu<\/em>, Danish\u00a0<em>tyve<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>Tjue\u00e9n<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>\u00e9n og tyve<\/em>\u00a0in Bokm\u00e5l,\u00a0<em>ein og tjugo<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk (meaning \u201cone and twenty\u201d). As of 1951, tens are mentioned first (like in English \u201ctwenty one\u201d). Old Norse used both\u00a0<em>tuttugu ok einn<\/em>\u00a0(\u201ctwenty and one\u201d) and\u00a0<em>einn ok tuttugu<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cone and twenty\u201d).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>22<\/td>\n<td>Tjueto<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>Tjuetre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>24<\/td>\n<td>Tjuefire<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<td>Tjuefem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>Tretti<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>tredve<\/em>\u00a0in Bokm\u00e5l. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>\u00fer\u00edr tigir<\/em>\u00a0(simplified and contracted to\u00a0<em>tretti<\/em>), Danish\u00a0<em>tred(i)ve<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40<\/td>\n<td>F\u00f8rti<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>f\u00f8rr<\/em>\u00a0in Bokm\u00e5l,\u00a0<em>fyrti<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>fj\u00f3rir tigir<\/em>,\u00a0<em>fj\u00f3rutigi<\/em>\u00a0(fyrti, f\u00f8rti), Danish\u00a0<em>fyrre<\/em>\u00a0(f\u00f8rr).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>50<\/td>\n<td>Femti<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>fimtigi<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>Seksti<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>sex tigir<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>70<\/td>\n<td>Sytti<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>sjautti<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>sjautigi<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>80<\/td>\n<td>\u00c5tti<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>\u00e5tteti<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>\u00e1ttatigi<\/em>,\u00a0<em>\u00e1ttatiu<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>90<\/td>\n<td>Nitti<\/td>\n<td>Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>n\u00edu tigir<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) Hundre<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>hundrede<\/em>\u00a0in Bokm\u00e5l,\u00a0<em>hundrad<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse\u00a0<em>hundra\u00f0<\/em>.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>101<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) hundre og \u00e9n\/\u00e9in<\/td>\n<td>May be spelt in one word (hundreog\u00e9n).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>102<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) hundre og to<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>103<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) hundre og tre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>104<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) hundre og fire<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) hundre og fem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>125<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) hundre og tjuefem<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>200<\/td>\n<td>To hundre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>Tre hundre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>400<\/td>\n<td>Fire hundre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>500<\/td>\n<td>Fem hundre<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>(Ett) tusen<\/td>\n<td>Earlier\u00a0<em>tusund<\/em>\u00a0in Nynorsk. Origin: Old Norse \u00feusund<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>To tusen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>Tre tusen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>Fire tusen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>Fem tusen<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\u00a0000\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>\u00c9n million<\/td>\n<td>Origin: derived from Latin\u00a0<em>mille<\/em>\u00a0(\u201cthousand\u201d).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2\u00a0000\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>To millioner<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3\u00a0000\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>Tre millioner<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4\u00a0000\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>Fire millioner<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5\u00a0000\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>Fem millioner<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7\u00a0473\u00a0259<\/td>\n<td>Sjumillionerfirehundreogsyttitretusentohundreogfemtini<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1\u00a0000\u00a0000\u00a0000<\/td>\n<td>\u00c9n milliard<\/td>\n<td>Origin: derived from French<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have found several excellent videos to help you learn your numbers in Norwegian:) You can find one of them that will help you learn Norwegian Numbers. \u00a0Don&#8217;t be distracted by the woman&#8217;s sensual voice or the fact that she mentions her favorite number is 69. \u00a0Apparently she was not aware that the number 69&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/learning-norwegian-numbers\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[110853],"class_list":["post-1275","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-language","tag-learning-norwegian-numbers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1276,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1275\/revisions\/1276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}