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| Peter fra LA | Wednesday 20th of October 2004 05:01:23 PM |
| Norsk PHRASES 05 - [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/ COMPUTERS & INTERNET [b]Datamaskiner & internett[/b] Do you have a computer? [b]Har du en datamaskin?[/b] /HAHR DEW EHN DAH-TAH-MAHS-KEEN/ The hard drive is full [b]Harddisken er full[/b] /HAHRD-DEES-KEHN AR FEWL/ Do you have a modem? [b]Har du modem?[/b] /HAHR DEW MOO-DEHM/ Do you have an internet connection? [b]Er du koblet til internett?[/b] /AR DEW KOO-BLEHT TEEL EEN-TEHR-NEHT/ Can I send an email? [b]Kan jeg sende e-post?[/b] /KAHN YAI SEHN-DEH EH POOST/ Can I read my email? [b]Kan jeg lese e-posten min?[/b] /KAHN YAI LEH-SEH EH POOS-TEHN MEEN/ Can I print something? [b]Kan jeg skrive ut noe?[/b] /KAHN YAI SKREE-VEH EWT NOO-EH/ Can I scan something? [b]Kan jeg skanne noe?[/b] /KAHN YAI SKAHN-NEH NOO-EH/ My computer crashed [b]Datamaskinen min krasjet[/b] /DAH-TAH-MAHS-KEEN-EHN MEEN KRAHS-YEHT/ You need to reboot [b]Du må starte maskinen på nytt[/b] /DEW MOH STAHR-TEH MAHS-KEEN-EHN POH NEET/ Can I install ...... ? [b]Kan jeg installere ....?[/b] /KAHN YAI EENS-TAHL-LEH-REH/ What's your email address? [b]Hva er epostadressen din?[/b] /VAH AR EH-POOS-TAH-DREHS-SEHN DEEN/ My email adress is ...... [b]Min epostadresse er ......[/b] /MEEN EH-POOS-TAH-DREHS-SEH AR/ Do you have a homepage? [b]Har du en hjemmeside?[/b] /HAHR DEW EHN HYEHM-MEH-SEE-DEH/ What's the address? [b]Hva er adressen?[/b] /VAH AR AH-DREHS-SEHN/ [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. | |