Norwegian A1 course
Polite phrases in Norwegian
Tusen takk! Norwegians like to compliment your efforts to speak Norwegian, so you will often hear “Du snakker bra norsk!” – “You speak good Norwegian!”, even if you barely said a few sentences. When you receive a compliment, don’t forget to say “Tusen takk.” Hyggelig! It is quite common in Norway to shake hands when …
Different ways to pronounce R
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 is pronounced as /rt/. This is a voiceless sound, so we don’t use …