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| Peter fra LA | Friday 22nd of October 2004 10:17:57 PM |
| Norsk PHRASES 13 - [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/ PLANS & APPOINTMENTS [b]Planer & Avtaler [/b] Are you free ..... [b]Er du ledig .....[/b] /AR DEW LEH-DEE/ today [b]i dag[/b] /EE DAHG/ tomorrow [b]i morgen[/b] /EE MOH-REHN/ this evening? [b]i aften?[/b] /EE AHF-TEHN/ I have an appointment ..... [b]Jeg har en avtale med .....[/b] /YAI HAHR EHN AH-VTAH-LEH MEH/ I have plans already [b]Jeg har allerede planer[/b] /YAI HAHR AHL-LEH-REH-DEH PLAH-NEHR/ I am going to the movies [b]Jeg skal på kino[/b] /YAI SKAHL POH KEE-NOO/ I am going to the theater [b]Jeg skal på teater[/b] /YAI SKAHL POH TEH-AH-TEHR/ I am going to the museum [b]Jeg skal på museum[/b] /YAI SKAHL POH MEW-SEH-EWM/ Do you want to go out with me tonight? [b]Har du lyst til å gå ut med meg i kveld?[/b] /HAHR DEW LEEST TEEL OH GOH EWT MEH MAI EE KVEHL/ I'd love to [b]Gjerne[/b] /YAR-NEH/ Do you have tickets? [b]Har du billetter?[/b] /HAHR DEW BEEL-LEHT-TEHR/ I have two tickets for ....... [b]Jeg har to billetter til...[/b] /YAI HAHR TOO BEEL-LEHT-TEHR/ I don't like the music [b]Jeg liker ikke musikken[/b] /YAI LEE-KEHR EEK-KEHR MEW-SEEK-KEHN/ The music is too loud [b]Lyden av musikken er for høy[/b] /LEE-DEHN AHV MEW-SEEK-KEHN AR FOOR HOY/ It's too crowded here [b]Det er for fullt her[/b] /DEH AR FOOR FEWLT HAR/ Shall we go somewhere else? [b]Skal vi gå et annet sted?[/b] /SKAHL VEE GOH EHT AHN-NEHT STEHD/ What movie shall we go to? [b]Hvilken film skal vi se?[/b] /VEEL-KEHN FEELM SKAHL VEE SEH/ What did you think about the movie? [b]Hva synes du om filmen?[/b] /VAH SEE-NEHS DEW OOM FEEL-MEHN/ [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. | |
