|
 |
Help / advice for learning Norwegian | ||
Tags: Norwegian | ||
Share with:
| ||
 Language Learning Forum : Specific Languages |  | |
| Medulin Tetraglot Senior Member Croatia Joined 4670 days ago 1199 posts - 2192 votes  Speaks: Croatian*, English, Spanish, Portuguese Studies: Norwegian, Hindi, Nepali | Message 9 of 12 12 October 2012 at 3:01pm | IP Logged |
|
I don't really think Norwegian U is like English vowel in DO, YOU...
Only in accents/dialects of English with u-fronting it is like this, for example in very marked Californian: Norwegian U is like DUDE in Val-speak (for which the spelling pronunciation: DEWD is often used). [Note than there is no U fronting before L in Californian English, so while scoop has the Norwegian vowel, stool does not). But, in ABC/NBC standard American English, the vowel in DO, YOU, TUNE and the Norwegian U are very different. Edited by Medulin on 12 October 2012 at 3:03pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4709 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 10 of 12 12 October 2012 at 3:22pm | IP Logged |
|
I don't know about Norwegian u, but if it's the same as the Swedish u, it depends on
whether it's short or long what it's pronounced like and the English "oo" of stool is more accurately represented by long Norwegian o. I know that that is what the vowels are in Swedish. I am not sure if that is exactly the same as in Norwegian, but I'd imagine it to be close. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Aquila123 Tetraglot Senior Member Norway mydeltapi.com Joined 5308 days ago 201 posts - 262 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Italian, Spanish Studies: Finnish, Russian | Message 11 of 12 12 October 2012 at 3:29pm | IP Logged |
|
I only tried to find something in English that resambled, and the ou in you sounds pretty alike in some persons English.
The Norwegian u differs somewhat from the Swedish one, which has a more lax pronunciation. The u-factor in the french words puis, lui is exactly like the Norwegian u, except that the Norwegian u is a full wovel with short and long variants. Edited by Aquila123 on 12 October 2012 at 3:37pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| tarvos Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2012 Senior Member China likeapolyglot.wordpr Joined 4709 days ago 5310 posts - 9399 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, Swedish, French, Russian, German, Italian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Romanian, Afrikaans Studies: Greek, Modern Hebrew, Spanish, Portuguese, Czech, Korean, Esperanto, Finnish | Message 12 of 12 12 October 2012 at 4:45pm | IP Logged |
|
How "you" is pronounced depends on the dialect/rate of speech. Personally I render it
almost like "yeh" with a schwa-type vowel because it's something I rarely stress. If it's a full vowel it doesn't sound like yoo, but more like the wood type "yew". 1 person has voted this message useful |
If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register
|  | 
Printable version
|
| Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization. |
