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Peter fra LAFriday 22nd of October 2004 09:40:02 AM
Norsk PHRASES 08 -
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Format Used:
English Phrase
[b]Norwegian Phrase[/b] /American-English Transcription/

EMOTIONS & OPINIONS
[b]Følelser & meninger [/b]

Do you like it?
[b]Liker du det?[/b] /LEE-KEHR DEW DEH/

I like it
[b]Jeg liker det[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR DEH/

I am happy
[b]Jeg er glad[/b] /YAI AR GLAHD/

I am angry
[b]Jeg er sint[/b] /YAI AR SEENT/

I am dissappointed
[b]Jeg er skuffet[/b] /YAI AR SKEWF-FEHT/

I am content
[b]Jeg er tilfreds[/b] /YAI AR TEEL-FREHDS/

I am tired
[b]Jeg er trett[/b] /YAI AR TREHT/

I am afraid
[b]Jeg er redd[/b] /YAI AR REHD/

I am warm
[b]Jeg er varm[/b] /YAI AR VAHRM/

I am cold
[b]Jeg fryser[/b] /YAI FREE-SEHR/

I am sleepy
[b]Jeg er søvnig[/b] /YAI AR SUHV-NEE/

We like it here
[b]Vi liker oss her[/b] /VEE LEE-KEHR OOS HAR/

It's (very) interesting
[b]Det er (svært) interessant[/b] /DEH AR SVART EEN-TEHR-EHS-SAHNT/

We find it very interesting
[b]Vi synes det er svært interessant[/b] /VEE SEE-NEHS DEH AR SVART EEN-TEHR-EHS-SAHNT/

It's (very) boring
[b]Det er (svært) kjedelig[/b] /DEH AR SVART CHEHD-EH-LEE/

It's beautiful
[b]Det er vakkert[/b] /DEH AR VAHK-KEHRT/

He's (very) handsome
[b]Han er (veldig) kjekk[/b] /HAHN AR VEHL-DEE CHEHK/

She's (very) pretty
[b]Hun er (veldig) vakker[/b] /HEWN AR VEHL-DEE VAHK-KEHR/

He's hot!
[b]Han er deilig[/b] /HAHN AR DAI-LEE/

She's hot!
[b]Hun er deilig[/b] /HEWN AR DAI-LEE/

He/she is very kind
[b]Han/hun er veldig snill[/b] /HAHN HEWN AR VEHL-DEE SNEEL/

Look!
[b]Se![/b] /SEH/

Listen!
[b]Hør![/b] /HUHR/

Cool!
[b]Kult![/b] /KEWLT/

Awesome!
[b]Kjempeflott![/b] /SHEHM-PEH-FLOOT/

[b][u]Notes:[/u][/b]
Salutations to DustBunny for kjempeflott!

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.
martyman88Monday 31st of January 2005 11:56:54 PM
Takk Peter! - Thank you, Peter, all of your phrase lessons are very useful and helpful!

 
 

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