{"id":55,"date":"2009-02-15T14:40:11","date_gmt":"2009-02-15T18:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/?p=55"},"modified":"2009-02-15T14:40:11","modified_gmt":"2009-02-15T18:40:11","slug":"a-uttale-norske-vokaler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/norwegian\/a-uttale-norske-vokaler\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c5 uttale norske vokaler"},"content":{"rendered":"

To pronounce Norwegian vowels.\u00a0 If all that people know about det norske spr\u00e5ket <\/strong>(the Norwegian language) is the way that it sounds, they usually assume that it is\u00a0a really difficult language to learn.\u00a0 I must tell you that I strongly disagree.\u00a0 Norwegian pronunciation usually proves to be the most difficult part of the language for beginners to learn, but if you know a few general rules, it’s not so bad.\u00a0 Hvordan uttaler man norsk?\u00a0 Voor-don ootaller mon norshhhhk? <\/strong>How does one pronouce Norwegian?<\/p>\n

Norwegian vowels are the trickiest part of learning pronunciation.\u00a0 For one, there are 3 vowels in the Norwegian language that English doesn’t even have: \u00e6, \u00f8, \u00e5<\/strong>– pronounced:\u00a0 \u00e6<\/strong> as in ‘cat’, \u00f8<\/strong> said as if you were being punched in the stomach, and \u00e5<\/strong>, like ‘oh’\u00a0said\u00a0as Minnesotan as possible.<\/p>\n

In addition to \u00e6, \u00f8<\/strong>, and \u00e5,<\/strong> there are\u00a05 more vowels: e, i, o, u<\/strong>, and you are probably wondering what the last is.\u00a0 In Norwegian, the letter y<\/strong> is often considered a vowel.\u00a0 Y<\/strong> p\u00e5 norsk <\/strong>(in Norwegian) is pronounced by rounding your lips into a small circle and trying to say ‘e’ as in weeee.\u00a0 E\u00a0p\u00e5 norsk<\/strong> is pronounced like a long ‘a’ or ‘eh’ like they say in Canada.\u00a0 The exception to this rule is if the ‘e’ comes at the end of a word, it is pronounced like ‘a’ as in ‘a dog or a door’.\u00a0 I p\u00e5 norsk <\/strong>is pronounced ‘e’ as in weeee, unless it is followed by double consonants like the verb \u00e5 ligge <\/strong>(to lie) and then the i<\/strong> is pronounced like it is in the English word ‘pig.’\u00a0 O<\/strong> is usually pronounced like oo as in ‘shoe’ except in rare circumstances like the word folk <\/strong>pronounced\u00a0exactly how it looks (just like English, but the ‘l’ is pronounced, not silent).\u00a0 Lastly, u p\u00e5 norsk <\/strong>is usually pronounced like the French pronounce the letter, which is extremely hard to describe.\u00a0 The closest I can describe the pronunciation of the letter ‘u’ is like the word ‘ewww’ as in gross, but say it faster and sharper.<\/p>\n

Another important thing to remember about vowels is that their pronunciation may change depending on what follows them in a word.\u00a0 For example, in the verb \u00e5 dr\u00f8mme<\/strong> (infinitive form of to dream), the vowel \u00f8 <\/strong>is short, but in the past tense (dr\u00f8mte), <\/strong>the vowel is long.\u00a0 As a general rule, a vowel is long if it is only followed by one consonant and short if it is followed by double consonants.<\/p>\n

How would you guess that the following sentence is pronounced?\u00a0 P\u00e5 trappene ligger sko i en k\u00f8 <\/strong>(On the stairs lie shoes in a line).<\/p>\n

If you said ‘poe trahpp-inn-a liggehr skoo ee ehhn kuh’ or something to that effect you would be correct.<\/p>\n

Work on those vowels and you will be just fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To pronounce Norwegian vowels.\u00a0 If all that people know about det norske spr\u00e5ket (the Norwegian language) is the way that it sounds, they usually assume that it is\u00a0a really difficult language to learn.\u00a0 I must tell you that I strongly disagree.\u00a0 Norwegian pronunciation usually proves to be the most difficult part of the language for…<\/p>\n

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