Saturday 20 October 2012

Consonants

Norwegian consonants are not that different to English consonants.
Here is a soundclip with the content below. Try reading while listening. Repeat after me.



B - prounounced like in English - "bad" (bath)
C - only used in foreign words - "centimeter"(c is prounounced s)
                                                       "camping" (c is pronounsed k)
D - pronounced like in English - "dame" (lady)
F - pronounced like in English - "finne" (find)
G - can be used two ways          - "gate" (gate) -> the g is pronounced like in English                 
                                                     -    "gi" (give) -> pronounced yee           
H - pronounced like in English - "han" (he)
J- pronounced like y in yes        - "ja" (yes)
K - can be pronounced two ways - "klær" (clothes) -> pronounced like k in kite
                                                       - "kyss" (kiss) -> pronounced almost like sh in ship
L - pronounced like in English - "lys" (light)
M - pronounced like in English - mamma (mom)
N - pronounced like in English - "nei" (no)
P - pronounced like in English - "pen" (pretty)
Q - only used in foreign words - "quiz"  
R - can be rolled or pronounced - "reise" (travel
       like German R
S - pronounced like in English   - "se" (see)
      OR like "sh" in front of L.     - "slippe" (let go)
T - pronounced like in English - "tog" (train)
V - pronounced like in English - "vel" (well)
W - pronounced like Englisv V - WC (toilet)
       Only used in foreign words
X - pronounced like s                 - "xylofon" (xylophone)
      only used in foreign words
Z - pronounced like s                  - zoom (zoom)
      only used in foreign words

Consonants you need to be extra careful with is K and R. I will make a soundclip which shows this better. But don't worry if you can't get it right yet. There's many people who can't - even Norwegian people.

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