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| Peter fra LA | Friday 22nd of October 2004 08:27:51 PM |
| Norsk PHRASES 11 - [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/ HOBBIES [b]Hobbyer[/b] What are your hobbies? [b]Hva er dine hobbyer?[/b] /VAH AR DEE-NEH HOOB-BEE-EHR/ What do you do in your spare time? [b]Hva gjør du på fritiden?[/b] /VAH YUHR DEW POH FREE-TEE-DEHN/ Do you like to read? [b]Liker du å lese?[/b] /LEE-KEHR DEW OH LEH-SEH/ I don't like to read [b]Jeg liker ikke å lese[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR EEK-KEH OH LEH-SEH/ I like to read [b]Jeg liker å lese[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH LEH-SEH/ I like to cook [b]Jeg liker å lage mat[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH LAH-GEH MAHT/ I like to listen to music [b]Jeg liker å høre på musikk[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH HUH-REH POH MEW-SEEK/ I like to play the piano [b]Jeg liker å spille piano[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SPEEL-LEH PEEAH-NOH/ I like to play the guitar [b]Jeg liker å spille gitar[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SPEEL-LEH GEE-TAHR/ I like to sing [b]Jeg liker å synge[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SEENG-EH/ I like to play chess [b]Jeg liker å spille sjakk[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SPEEL-LEH SHAHK/ I like to go out [b]Jeg liker å gå ut[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH GOH EWT/ I like to travel [b]Jeg liker å reise[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH RAI-SEH/ I like to go shopping [b]Jeg liker å shoppe (handle)[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SHOOP-PEH HAHND-LEH/ I like gardening [b]Jeg liker hagearbeid[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR HAH-GEH-AHR-BAID/ I like to watch TV [b]Jeg liker å se på TV[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SEH POH TEE VEH/ I like to surf the internet [b]Jeg liker å surfe på nettet[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OH SEWR-FEH POH NEHT-TEHT/ What kind of music do you like? [b]Hvilken type musikk liker du?[/b] /VEEL-KEHN TEEPEH MEW-SEEK LEE-KEHR DEW/ I like classical music [b]Jeg liker klassisk musikk[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR KLAHS-SEESK MEW-SEEK/ I like pop music [b]Jeg liker popmusikk[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR POOP-MEW-SEEK/ I like opera [b]Jeg liker opera[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR OO-PEHRAH/ I like jazz [b]Jeg liker jazz[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR YAHZ/ I like techno [b]Jeg liker techno[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR TEHK-NOO/ I like hard rock [b]Jeg liker hardrock[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR HAHRD-ROOK/ What are you favorite bands? [b]Hvilke favorittgrupper har du?[/b] /VEEL-KEH FAH-VOO-REET-GREWP-PEHR HAHR DEW/ What do you prefer? [b]Hva foretrekker du?[/b] /VAH FOH-REHTREHK-KEHR DEW/ I prefer ...... [b]Jeg foretrekker....[/b] /YAI FOH-REHTREHK-KEHR/ [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. | |
