More on consonants

Combining consonants can be seen as quite complicated for some people. But with the right practice, you should be able to master this. Though it is dependant on which dialect you speak. I am teaching you the dialect you can find in and around Oslo, because that is what is normal to learn(also it is almost the dialect I have so I can't start teaching a dialect I don't fully know). Here are some examples (listen and read at the same time. Repead after me):

The ng sound - the g isn't really sounded - "ting"(thing) "ring"(ring)
The gn sound - the g isn't really sounded - "tegn" (sign) "regn" (rain)
The sk sound - becomes sh before some vowels - "skitt" (dirt) "skille" (divide)
                       - can be sk before other vowels - "skalle" (scull) "sko" (shoe)
The skj sound - becomes sh                       - "skjorte" (shirt) "skjørt" (skirt)
The rs sound - often becomes sh              - "norsk" (Norwegian) "torsk" (cod)



Some consonants can be silent. Here are some examples of those words(listen and read at the same time. Repead after me):

D - is almost always silent at the end of a word - "ved" (wood) "bred" (wide)
      but there are some exeptions where the D is sounded - "ned" (down) "sted"(place)
G - is silent in adjectives/adverbs ending with ig - "ledig" (free) "deilig" (delicious)
H - is silent before j and v                                      - "hjem" (home) "hva" (what)
T - is silent at the end of a definite neuter noun   - "huset" (the house)
      and at the end of "det"(it)
V - is silent at the end of  some words                  - "tolv" (twelve) "halv" (half)