{"id":188,"date":"2010-01-23T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2010-01-23T19:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=188"},"modified":"2010-01-23T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2010-01-23T19:23:26","slug":"what-is-up-with-the-e-ending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/what-is-up-with-the-e-ending\/","title":{"rendered":"what is up with the “e” ending?!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Doesn’t it seem like almost all norske ord<\/strong> (Norwegian words) end in bokstaven ‘e’<\/strong> (the letter “e”)?\u00a0 A recent comment on an old post about norsk uttalelse (Norwegian pronunciation) inquired about the ‘e’ ending on so many norske ord.\u00a0 <\/strong>I remember thinking that same thought when I first begynte \u00e5 l\u00e6re norsk<\/strong> (began to learn Norwegian).\u00a0 I also remember that it was vanskelig<\/strong> (difficult) to remember how to pronounce the ‘e’ ending, since most of the time bokstaven ‘e’ <\/strong>is pronounced similar to ‘ay’ p\u00e5 engelsk<\/strong> (in English).<\/p>\n

For eksempel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

ale<\/span>ne <\/strong>(alone), e<\/span>vighet<\/strong> (eternity), be<\/span>ver<\/strong> (beaver), le<\/span>der<\/strong> (leader), kre<\/span>m<\/strong> (cream)<\/p>\n

‘e’ is also sometimes pronounced like ‘e’ in hen, Ben, or Ken.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For eksempel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

gre<\/span>nse<\/strong> (border), me<\/span>lk<\/strong> (milk), bre<\/span>nne<\/strong> (burn), ve<\/span>rre <\/strong>(worse)<\/p>\n

Now, for the question about how to uttale<\/strong> (pronounce) ‘e’ when it’s at the end of et ord…<\/strong><\/p>\n

For eksempel:<\/strong><\/p>\n

most verbs in the infinitive (\u00e5) form:<\/p>\n

\u00e5 drikke<\/span><\/strong> (to drink), \u00e5 grille<\/span><\/strong> (to grill), \u00e5 vaske<\/span><\/strong> (to wash), \u00e5 handle<\/span><\/strong> (to shop), \u00e5 l\u00f8pe<\/span><\/strong> (to run)<\/p>\n

other types of words, such as substantiver<\/strong> (nouns), adjektiver<\/strong> (adjectives), adverber<\/strong> (adverbs), og navner<\/strong> (names) end in ‘e’.<\/p>\n

For eksempel<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

stille<\/span> <\/strong>(quiet), \u00f8ye<\/span><\/strong> (eye), pute<\/span><\/strong> <\/span>(pillow), o.s.v.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It may seem odd, but the ‘e’ ending is actually pronounced the same way as the ‘et’ ending for definite neuter nouns (skapet<\/strong>-the closet, bordet<\/strong>-the table).\u00a0 It is pronounced like ‘eh,’ basically the same as the ‘e’ sound in grense, melk, og brenne.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

P\u00e5 engelsk<\/strong>, we are used to not pronouncing the final ‘e’ in a word, but p\u00e5 norsk<\/strong>, the final ‘e’ is always pronounced.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doesn’t it seem like almost all norske ord (Norwegian words) end in bokstaven ‘e’ (the letter “e”)?\u00a0 A recent comment on an old post about norsk uttalelse (Norwegian pronunciation) inquired about the ‘e’ ending on so many norske ord.\u00a0 I remember thinking that same thought when I first begynte \u00e5 l\u00e6re norsk (began to learn…<\/p>\n

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