Pictures

Since I haven't had time to do another post and seem to be getting busier, I may not be able to do these posts as often as I would like ( original plan being every three to four days making a new post ).

I'm going to see about posting other things like pictures I've taken while here as well as putting up some general info about the country...when I get a chance. Here's a couple of pictures I took when we had some snow around here.

Key Question Words

Hvor ( say vor, the 'h' is silent ) = Where

Hva ( say vah, again the 'h' is silent ) = What

Hvem ( say vem, again the 'h' is silent ) = Who

Hvorfor ( vor-for...and you guessed it. The 'h' is again silent ) = Why

Når ( nor ) = When

Hvordan ( vor-dahn ) = How

Hvor Mye ( vor mee-eh ) = How Much

Hvor Mange ( vor mahng-eh ) = How Many

Hei = Hi ( short greeting )

Hva heter du? = What is your name?

Jeg heter ______. = My name is ______.

Hva er etternavnet ditt? = What is your last name?

Det er ________. = It is _______.

Hva er fornavnet ditt? = What is your first name?

Det er __________. = It is _________.

Kan du stave etternavnet ditt? = Can you spell your last name?

Hvor kommer du fra? = Where do you come from?

Jeg kommer fra ________. = I come from _______.

Kommer du fra en by eller et sted? = Do you come from a city or ( basically asking a city or somewhere smaller like a town or village.)?

Jeg kommer fra ________. = I come from _______.

( Wrists are bothering me a bit, so going to cut this short and post more later. Also have other things I plan on posting here but still trying to figure out how and when. )

Tall og Ordenstall

Tall

0 null

1 en, ett

2 to

3 tre

4 fire

5 fem

6 seks

7 sju ( syv )

8 åtte

9 ni

10 ti

11 elleve

12 tolv

13 tretten

14 fjorten

15 femten

16 seksten

17 sytten

18 atten

19 nitten

20 tjue ( tyve )

21 tjueen

22 tjueto

23 tjuetre

24 tjuefire

25 tjuefem

26 tjueseks

27 tjuesju

28 tjueåtte

29 tjueni

30 tretti ( tredve )

40 førti

50 femti

60 seksti

70 sytti

80 åtti

90 nitti

100 ( ett ) hundre

101 hundreogen

226 tohundreogtjueseks

1000 ( ett ) tusen

1200 ettusentohundre

10,000 ti tusen

100,000 hundre tusen

1,000,000 en million

Ordenstall

1. ( den, det) første

2. andre

3. tredje

4. fjerde

5. femte

6. sjette

7. sjuende ( syvende )

8. åttende

9. niende

10. tiende

11. ellevte

12. tolvte

13. trettende

14. fjortende

15. femtende

16. sekstende

17. syttende

18. attende

19. nittende

20. tjuende ( tyvende )

30. trettiende

Note: I will fix this up a bit later when I figure out how to explain how to pronounce these, but by looking at the letters, it should help you though some are still rather tricky.

Alfabetet ( Alphabet )

Note: Now keep in mind some of these will be hard to explain through typing it up here, so I wouldn't mind reading it out to you ( my little sisters, that, keep in mind, this whole blog is for ) next time we get to talk.

Alfabetet

A ah

B beh

C seh

D deh

E eh

F eff

G geh

H hå (Think of saying 'hoe' as in garden hoe )

I i ( Think of the word 'tea'. The long 'e' sound is what you use here. )

J jeh ( Think of placing a 'y' where the 'j' is and that's the sound you should make. Yeh )

K kå ( Think of saying 'ko' )

L el

M em

N en

O o ( Think of saying 'Oh' )

P peh

Q ku

R ær ( It's basically the same as how we say the letter, but roll the 'r' when you say it )

S  es

T te

U u ( Think of the sound 'oooooo' )

V  ve

W dobbel-ve

X eks

Y y

Z set

Æ æ

Ø ø

Å å

Now, those last three and the ones with an 'e' sound can get confusing and tough to say, but you have a lot of people that can help you with this. So don't sweat the small stuff. :)

So I finally get around to it....but there's a catch.

Yes, I finally decided what to do with this blog. I made this some time ago without any idea of what to do...and so left it blank until now. After speaking to my mother on the phone ( I live in a different country than her ), I've decided to use this blog mainly to help teach her and my sisters Norwegian. See, my husband is Norwegian and for some time, my family has taken an interest getting to know what his country and language is like. ....so...here we go. If this may help anyone else to learn the language a bit, that would be pretty cool, but just so those that read this blog understand: I'm writing this in a way that my family can understand. With how we speak in the Southern states, words do sound differently.