There are more words than you may think that are exactly the same in Norwegian as they are in English.\u00a0 They are of course pronounced differently, but are indeed written the same way and have the same meaning.\u00a0 Even better than cognates, right?\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
And some of these include:<\/p>\n
problem<\/strong> (pro-bleh-em)<\/p>\n finger<\/strong> (fing-err) flip the “r”<\/p>\n glass<\/strong> (gloss) with a quick “o”<\/p>\n ski<\/strong> (shee)<\/p>\n atom-(<\/strong>ah-toom)<\/p>\n over <\/strong>(oh-verr) “ver” pronounced with a soft, flipped “r”<\/p>\n under<\/strong> (unn-err)-the “d” is\u00a0essentially silent<\/p>\n data <\/strong>(dah-tah)<\/p>\n test<\/strong>-same:) the word “eksamen” is also used,\u00a0like “exam” in English<\/p>\n person <\/strong>(pehr-shoon) “per” pronounced with a soft, flipped “r”<\/p>\n burger<\/strong> (bur-gehr)-same as above for the “r”<\/p>\n pasta<\/strong> (past-ah)<\/p>\n arrangement<\/strong> (arr-angh-sheh-mahnt)<\/p>\n festival <\/strong>(fest-ee-vahl)<\/p>\n for<\/strong> (fohr)with a quick, flipped “r”<\/p>\n bank <\/strong>(bahnk)<\/p>\n Finally an easy language lesson, right?!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are more words than you may think that are exactly the same in Norwegian as they are in English.\u00a0 They are of course pronounced differently, but are indeed written the same way and have the same meaning.\u00a0 Even better than cognates, right?\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42 And some of these include: problem (pro-bleh-em) finger (fing-err) flip the…<\/p>\n