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| Peter fra LA | Tuesday 19th of October 2004 12:54:25 PM |
| Norsk PHRASES 02 - [b][u]Under Construction[/u][/b] Click here to see a list of all PHRASE lessons. Format Used: English Phrase [b]Norwegian Phrase[/b] /American-English Transcription/ UNDERSTANDING EACH OTHER [b]Å forstå hverandre[/b] Do you speak .....? [b]Snakker du .....?[/b] /SNAHK-KEHR DEW/ I speak ..... [b]Jeg snakker ....[/b] /YAI SNAHK-KEHR/ I don't speak ..... [b]Jeg snakker ikke .....[/b] /YAI SNAHK-KEHR EEK-KEH/ I speak a little ..... [b]Jeg snakker litt .....[/b] /YAI SNAHK-KEHR LEET/ English [b]engelsk[/b] /EHN-GEHL-SHK] French [b]fransk[/b] /FRAHN-SHK/ German [b]tysk[/b] /TEE-SHK/ Spanish [b]spansk[/b] /SPAHN-SHK/ Portuguese [b]portugisisk[/b] /POOR-TEW-GEE-SEE-SHK/ Arabic [b]arabisk[/b] /AHRAH-BEE-SHK/ Chinese [b]kinesisk[/b] /KEE-NEE-SEE-SHK/ Hindi [b]hindi[/b] /HEEN-DEE/ Russian [b]russisk[/b] /ROOS-SEE-SHK/ Italian [b]italiensk[/b] /EE-TAH-LEE-EHN-SHK/ Dutch [b]nederlandsk[/b] /NEH-DEHR-LAHN-SHK/ Norwegian [b]norsk[/b] /NOOR-SHK/ Swedish [b]svensk[/b] /SVEHN-SHK/ Danish [b]dansk[/b] /DAHN-SHK/ Polish [b]polsk[/b] /POOL-SHK/ Urdu [b]urdu[/b] /EWR-DEW/ Farsi [b]farsi | persisk[/b] /FAHR-SEE | PEHR-SEE-SHK/ Japanese [b]japansk[/b] /YAH-PAHN-SHK/ Indonesian [b]indonesisk[/b] /EEN-DOO-NEH-SEE-SHK/ Malay [b]malay[/b] /MAH-LAH-EE/ Do you understand? [b]Forstår du?[/b] /FOOR-STOHR DEW/ Do you understand me? [b]Kan du forstå meg?[/b] /KAHN DEW FOOR-STOH MAI/ I understand [b]Jeg forstår[/b] /YAI FOOR-STOHR/ I understand you [b]Jeg forstår deg[/b] /YAI FOOR-STOHR DAI/ I don't understand [b]Jeg forstår ikke[/b] /YAI FOOR-STOHR EEK-KEH/ I don't understand you [b]Jeg forstår deg ikke[/b] /YAI FOOR-STOHR DAI EEK-KEH/ Could you please repeat that? [b]Kan du gjenta det?[/b] /KAHN DEW YEHN-TAH DEH/ Could you please speak more slowly? [b]Kan du snakke langsommere, vær så snill?[/b] /KAHN DEW SNOK-KEH LAHN-SOOM-MEH-REH VAR SOH SNEEL/ [b]Kan du være så snill å snakke langsommere?[/b] /KAHN DEW VAREH SOH SNEEL OH SNOK-KEH LAHN-SOOM-MEH-REH/ Could you write it down please? [b]Kan du skrive det ned, vær så snill?[/b] /KAHN DEW SKREE-VEH DEH NEHD, VAR SOH SNEEL/ I don't know how to say that [b]Jeg vet ikke hvordan jeg kan si det[/b] /YAI VEHT EEK-KEH VOOR-DAHN YAI KAHN SEE DEH/ I don't know the right word [b]Jeg kan ikke riktig ord[/b] /YAI KAHN EEK-KEH REEK-TEE OOR/ What did you say? [b]Hva sa du?[/b] /VAH SAH DEW/ How do you say that in ......? [b]Hvordan sier du det på .....?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN SEE-EHR DEW DEH POH/ How do you write that? [b]Hvordan skrives det?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN SHREE-VEHS DEH/ [b]Hvordan skriver du det?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN SHREE-VEHS DEW DEH/ How do you pronounce that? [b]Hvordan uttales det?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN EWT-TAHL-EHS DEH/ [b]Hvordan uttaler du det?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN EWT-TAHL-EHS DEW DEH/ Can you translate this for me? [b]Kan du oversette dette for meg?[/b] /KAHN DEW OO-VEHR-SEHT-TEH DEHT-TEH FOOR MAI/ Did I say that right? [b]Sa jeg det riktig?[/b] /SAH YAI DEH REEK-TEE/ [b][u]Notes:[/u][/b] When starting out you will frequently notice that the letters d, g, and h are often silent in Norwegian: [b]Land[/b] (English meaning: Land) [Phonetic: /LAHN/] [b]Viktig[/b] (English meaning: Important) [Phonetic: /VEEK-TEE/, to my ear the K is rather soft and I sometimes hear it as if it is /VEEG-TEE/] [b]Hva[/b] (English menaing: What) [Phonetic: /VAH/] Each vowel [b](a, e, i, o, u, y, æ, ø, å)[/b] in a stressed syllable is either long (about three times longer than you are in the habit of holding it) or very short. | |
