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| Peter fra LA | Friday 22nd of October 2004 09:20:26 PM |
| Norsk PHRASES 12 - [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/ INTRODUCING EACH OTHER [b]Presentere hverandre [/b] My name is ..... [b]Jeg heter....[/b] /YAI HEH-TEHR/ What is your name? [b]Hva heter du?[/b] /VAH HEH-TEHR DEW/ I am ....... [b]Jeg er....[/b] /YAI AR/ Who are you? [b]Hvem er du?[/b] /VEHM AR DEW/ May I introduce you to .....? [b]Kan jeg få presentere deg for....?[/b] /KAHN YAI FOH PREH-SEHN-TEH-REH DAI FOOR/ I will introduce you to ..... [b]Jeg vil presentere deg for....[/b] /YAI VEEL PREH-SEHN-TEH-REH DAI FOOR/ This is my wife [b]Dette er min kone[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR MEEN KOH-NEH/ This is my husband [b]Dette er min ektemann[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR MEEN EHK-TEH-MAHN/ This is my girlfriend [b]Dette er kjæresten min[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR CHA-REHS-TEHN MEEN/ This is my boyfriend [b]Dette er kjæresten min[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR CHA-REHS-TEHN MEEN/ This is my friend [b]Dette er min venn[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR MEEN VEHN/ This is my son [b]Dette er sønnen min[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR SUHN-EHN MEEN/ This is my daughter [b]Dette er datteren min[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR DAHT-TEHR-EHN MEEN/ This is my mother [b]Dette er min mor[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR MEEN MOHR/ This is my father [b]Dette er min far[/b] /DEHT-TEH AR MEEN FAHR/ Nice to meet you [b]Hyggelig å treffe deg[/b] /HEE-GEH-LEE OH TREHF-FEH DAI/ [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. | |
