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| w.shipley Groupie United States Joined 5516 days ago 42 posts - 43 votes Speaks: English* | Message 1 of 3 29 May 2009 at 2:41am | IP Logged |
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I recently developed an interest in Scandinavian culture and decided to try to learn Norwegian. I just started today, but I've already hit a wall I think; I'm finding pronunciation extremely difficult already. One thing that gets me is it seems "er" can be pronounced several different ways.
In the words "er," "heter," "kommer," and "gjerne," the -er always seem to sound diffeerent. Is this actually how it is and must be learned for each word or am I missing something basic? Help, please?! Thank you. =] 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| gurobu Triglot Newbie Norway Joined 5583 days ago 4 posts - 5 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Italian Studies: Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 2 of 3 29 May 2009 at 3:17pm | IP Logged |
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Maybe this thread will help you: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?T ID=14174&PN=0&TPN=1
The -er in verb endings (heter, kommer ecc) is pronounced with a rolling r and an e almost like in English "end", while the e in "er" and "gjerne" is pronounced more like the a in English "and". For the pronunciation of the r in "gjerne", please refer to the thread above. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Lizzern Diglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5749 days ago 791 posts - 1053 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English Studies: Japanese | Message 3 of 3 29 May 2009 at 7:13pm | IP Logged |
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Norwegian spelling isn't exactly phonetic so you'll run into this sort of thing a lot, but just try to learn the words from hearing them and notice how they are spelled, without giving too much thought to whether it 'makes sense'. A lot of Norwegian spelling doesn't, but it's still very learnable, you just can't approach it in the way you might, say, Spanish, where spelling is pretty much completely phonetic.
Additionally, you will find that if you want to learn Norwegian you will also have to deal with dialects - which some will say is a stupid idea altogether and others will consider part of the fun - and pronunciation can vary. Personally I never pronounce the R at the end of a present tense verb and I do many other things 'wrong' according to standard Norwegian rules - most people don't speak a standardised form anyway. But with Norwegian you definitely end up listening for the meaning of the word rather than its form per se when you listen to people, because people's pronunciation will vary, so you just need to tune your ears to pick out the words you're hearing. If you just started, chances are that the difficulties are simply because you don't know the words yet! Once you know the basics of how it works structurally then you'll be able to understand it without difficulty, it'll come naturally if you just listen. It's not as tricky as it looks at first glance - things will start to come together the more you hear it, I promise you. Have fun :-) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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