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| Peter fra LA | Saturday 23rd of October 2004 11:31:26 AM |
| Norsk PHRASES 16 - [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/ RELIGION [b]Religion[/b] Are you religious? [b]Er du religiøs?[/b] /AR DEW REH-LEE-GEE-UHS/ I am not religious [b]Jeg er ikke religiøs[/b] /YAI AR EEK-KEH REH-LEE-GEE-UHS/ I am an atheist [b]Jeg er ateist[/b] /YAI AR AH-TEH-EEST/ I am agnostic [b]Jeg er agnostiker[/b] /YAI AR AHG-NOO-STEE-KEHR/ I am muslim [b]Jeg er muslim[/b] /YAI AR MEWS-LEEM/ I am jewish [b]Jeg er jøde[/b] /YAI AR YUH-DEH/ I am buddhist [b]Jeg er buddhist[/b] /YAI AR BEWD-DEEST/ I am hindu [b]Jeg er hindu[/b] /YAI AR HEEN-DEW/ I am catholic [b]Jeg er katolikk[/b] /YAI AR KAH-TOO-LEEK/ I am a christian [b]Jeg er kristen[/b] /YAI AR KREES-TEHN/ Where can I find ..... [b]Hvor kan jeg finne[/b] /VOOR KAHN YAI FEEN-NEH/ a church? [b]en kirke?[/b] /EHN KEER-KEH/ a mosque? [b]en moské?[/b] a synagoge? [b]en synagoge?[/b] /EHN SEE-NAH-GOO-GEH/ a temple? [b]et tempel?[/b] /EHT TEHM-PEHL/ Thank God [b]Takk Gud[/b] /TAHK GEWD/ If God wants it [b]Hvis Gud vil det[/b] /VEES GEWD VEEL DEH/ Oh my God! [b]Herregud![/b] /HAR-REH-GEWD/ [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. | |
