Letter Å is always represented by long or short sound /ɔ/. Long sound /ɔ:/ is similar to English /ɔ:/ in “saw”. Short sound /ɔ/ is pronounced similarly, but it is just shorter. Long /ɔ:/ Hår (hair) Mål (target) Måned (month) Short /ɔ/ Måtte (had to) Blått (blue) Hånd (hand) Let’s compare long and short /ɔ/. …
To pronounce the Norwegian /a:/, hold your tongue low in your mouth with lips in a neutral position. You don’t need to round or spread your lips. Try to pronounce /a:/. The Norwegian sound /a:/ is similar to the English /a:/ in “part”. Short /a/ is pronounced in the same way, but the challenge …
/æ/ in Norwegian can be compared to the English /æ/ in “bad”. To pronounce this sound, you need to spread your lips; the front of the tongue needs to be raised a little as you try to pronounce /æ/. Remember that this sound is not /e/ or /a:/, but lies somewhere in between: /æ/. Long …
When e is in an unstressed syllable between -t, -d, -n, -r, -s and -n or -l (-den, -ten, -ner, -sen, -del), it disappears or is pronounced as a neutral sound /ə/. Note how we pronounce the final e in these words: Atten (eighteen) Vinden (wind) Aften (evening) Kelner (waiter) Hjelpemiddel (aid) Hilsen (greeting). Quizzes …
E pronounced as /æ/ E is often pronounced as /æ/ before -r in a stressed syllable. For example: Hver (every) Ferdig (finished) Vert (been) Ferge (ferry) Gjerne (willingly) Verst (worst) Verre (worse) Derfor (that’s why) This doesn’t apply to the verbs in present: Ser (see) Tenker (think) and the word “mer”: Mer (more) De Word …
This sound corresponds to the English /e/ in “pen”. It can be short and long. Let’s practice short /e/: Sekk (sack) Gjest (guest) Best (best) Sette (to put) Menn (men) Now let’s practice long /e:/ Pen (pretty) Hel (whole) Sted (place) Trene (to train) Hete (to name) E is mostly long in verbs that end …
This sound is similar to the English /i:/ in “tree”, but you spread your lips a bit wider. Corners of the lips move back. Like all vowels, it can be long or short. Let’s practice short /i/ first: Vind (wind) Litt (a little) Vinne (to win) Fikk (received) Finne (to find) Middag (dinner) Now let’s …
You have probably heard that in Norwegian vowels can be short and long. However, you may be surprised to find out that consonants can also be short and long. As a rule, when there is a double consonant in a word, we would pronounce it as a long consonant: hoppe. The vowel in that case …
Letter combinations rt, rd, rn, rl, rs. In Norwegian, when r is followed by consonants t, d, n, l, s the two sounds assimilate to each other, we don’t articulate them separately. Let’s take a look at the first one, rt. rt Rt is pronounced as /rt/. This is a voiceless sound, so we don’t …
In this lesson we are going to take a look at the consonant R. Norwegian /r/ is a rolled consonant, similar to the Scottish /r/. You pronounce this sound by raising the tip of the tongue to the tooth ridge. As you push the air through, the tip of the tongue starts to vibrate up and down. Many people also pronounce it by tapping only once with …
