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Peter fra LAThursday 21st of October 2004 02:54:57 AM
Norsk PHRASES 03 -
[b][u]Under Construction[/u][/b]

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Format Used:
English Phrase
[b]Norwegian Phrase[/b] /American-English Transcription/

BASIC CONVERSATION
[b]Enkel samtale[/b]

How are you doing?
[b]Hvordan har du det?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN HAH DEW DEH/
[b]Hvordan går det?[/b] /VOOR-DAHN GOHR DEH/

I'm doing great!
[b]Jeg har det bra![/b] /YAI HAHR DEH BRAH/

I'm fine
[b]Fint[/b] /FEEN/

I'm alright
[b]Greit nok[/b] /GRAIT NOOK/

I'm not so well
[b]Jeg er ikke helt bra[/b] /YAI AR EEK-KEH HEHLT BRAH/

How old are you?
[b]Hvor gammel er du?[/b] /VOOR GAHM-MEHL AR DEW/

I am .... years old
[b]Jeg er .... år [gammel][/b] /YAI AR OHR GAHM-MEHL/

I don't know
[b]Jeg vet ikke[/b] /YAI VEHT EEK-KEH/

I don't like that
[b]Det liker jeg ikke[/b] /DEH LEE-KEHR EEK-KEHR/

I'm ready
[b]Jeg er klar[/b] /YAI AR KLAHR/

Let's go!
[b]La oss gå![/b] /LAH OOS-S GOH/

I'm sorry
[b]Jeg beklager[/b] /YAI BEHK-LAHG-EHR/

[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.
tragicallyhipSaturday 19th of March 2005 04:15:18 PM
- correct me if i am wrong or if you wrote that somewhere..but i have my doubts that jeg har det bra is correct for i am doing great..har det bra is something you say when you say goodbye..
i think it would be better to say sth like bare bra,takk

CharonPluSunday 20th of March 2005 12:25:56 AM
- I think you are half-correct. One can say "har det bra" when saying [i]goodbye[/i] (have it good), but if one says "[b]jeg[/b] har det bra" then it's [i]I'm doing well[/i] (I have it good).
stjerneSunday 20th of March 2005 03:03:44 AM
- mann kan også bruke "Bare bra, takk"

 
 

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