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| Himmel Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5326 days ago 19 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Norwegian, German, Dutch | Message 1 of 17 27 April 2010 at 5:09am | IP Logged | ||
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Hello again!
So these questions are mostly aimed at Norwegian speakers. My Norwegian pronunciation seems to be improving greatly, but I am still having difficulty with a few letters, specifically the letter 'u.' I'm finding it very hard to pronounce words such as 'du' and 'brukt.' Would you consider the pronounciation similar to the German letter 'ü' or would it be pronounced differently? Also, just a small, easy question. Is the letter 'r' trilled in Norwegian? My second question is about the letter æ. I'm finding it somewhat difficult writing the letter out by hand, like if I'm practicing sentences in my notebook or something. As of now, I am writing it by starting by writing the letter 'a,' moving up to the top part of the 'e,' and finishing with the tail of the 'e.' Would that be the proper way to write it, or is there a better way? (I hope I explained that well enough!) Tusen takk. Ha det bra! :) ~Himmel 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6368 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 2 of 17 27 April 2010 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
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For the letter æ, I write the a like I would a 6, but backwards, obviously, then continue to write the e as normal in one fluid motion.
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| Himmel Diglot Newbie Canada Joined 5326 days ago 19 posts - 21 votes Speaks: English*, French Studies: Norwegian, German, Dutch | Message 3 of 17 27 April 2010 at 6:33am | IP Logged | ||
Thank you so much! I never thought of doing it that way! Tusen takk! 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 4 of 17 27 April 2010 at 8:17am | IP Logged | ||
This letter æ exists in Danish as well, but I have never managed to write it properly by handwriting. But with your writing rule it looks perfect! Thanks a lot for giving this advice! Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| goosefrabbas Triglot Pro Member United States Joined 6368 days ago 393 posts - 475 votes Speaks: English*, French, Spanish Studies: German, Italian Personal Language Map | Message 5 of 17 27 April 2010 at 8:29am | IP Logged | ||
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Wow, I didn't know that was a big deal. I just had to get used to writing it a lot and quickly when I studied phonology. I noticed 'a' looks kind of like a schwa, so I basically just wrote a schwa and an 'e' together. Well, that's my life story. :D
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| mrhenrik Triglot Moderator Norway Joined 6079 days ago 482 posts - 658 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, French Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 17 27 April 2010 at 11:24am | IP Logged | ||
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I can't recall anyone I know writing the æ in handwriting as it is in fonts. Personally,
I write it like this (please note this is written on a mouse pad in Paint): 
I guess it's sort of like the a and the e melting together. There are, I guess, some slight differences depending on handwriting, but I'm quite sure this is a fairly common way of writing æ in my area/demographic at least. Concerning your other questions, the R depends on dialect. In my dialect (Oslo and surroundings) the R is trilled yes. In other parts of Norway there are slightly different Rs at times. The U, hm, perhaps think of it as the sound in "shoe"? Edited by mrhenrik on 27 April 2010 at 11:31am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| PaulLambeth Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5373 days ago 244 posts - 315 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Hindi, Irish | Message 7 of 17 27 April 2010 at 3:08pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks for the assistance regarding writing æ. I struggle to handwrite it, usually just writing a very very close to e which looks frankly awful.
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| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5453 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 8 of 17 27 April 2010 at 5:30pm | IP Logged | ||
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The normal, and probably easiest, way to write the æ is to do it like Mrhenrik.
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