First Step To Learn Norwegian

Important!

To learn Norwegian is easy to learn, maybe not as hard as it looks. But if you want to learn norwegian fluently, you have to follow this:

1. learn the alphabet (also see own script)
2. learn the norwegian writing system
3. learn to read norwegian
4. learn how to write norwegian

The Alphabet

The aphabet consists with 29 letters. The last three letters, Æ, Ø and Å, are only used in Scandinavian writing system.
Althought Norway, Sweden and Denmark understand each others very well (because of The Kalmar Union), Finland, Iceland and the upper part of Norway are solely. 
The norwegians doesn't understand what "The Sami people" (also known as Lapp or Lap=laplanders) says, even they live in the same country! 
The Sami people has an own sivilisation, flag, nature... like a normal country. 
On Iceland, they talk old/dialect norwegian. If norwegians listen closely and the Iceland peoples talk slowly; they'll understand a little. 
On Greenland they talk Danish and danish dialect. 
And all this has a very long story from the start of the the Ice Age when the vikings occupied the countries... 
But I won't explain about that now, back to the alphabet;

Letter	Pronouncion	

A – a 	aa, like the “a” in “what”	
B – b 	be	
C – c    	ce	
D – d	de	
E – e	ee, like the  ”e” in ”hey”	
F – f	eff	
G – g	ge	
H – h	hå, like the ”ho” in ”holiday”	
I – i	ii, like the ”e” in ”be” 	
J – j	je	
K – k	kå, like the ”co” in ”cover”	
L – l	el	
M – m	em	
N – n	en	
O – o	oo, like the ”o” in “olympia”	
P – p	pe	
Q – q	ku	
R – r	err	
S – s	es	
T – t	te	
U – u	uu, like the ”u” in ”hungry”	
V – v	ve	
W – w	double ve	
X – x	eks	
Y – y	yy, like the ”y” in ”hungry”	
Z – z	set	
Æ – æ	ææ, like the ”a” in ”ash”	(also written as “ Ä – ä ”)
Ø – ø	øø, like the ”u” in ”hurt”	(also written as “ Ö – ö ”)
Å – å	åå, like the ”o” in ”love” 	(also written as “ AA – aa ”)

Practice to say this aphabet fluently and to learn the pronouncions good before continueing to next step!


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