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here you are
http://www.omniglot.com/writing/norwegian.htm
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2007-09-10 17:23:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

Norwegian alphabet uses the same A-Z letters as the English alphabet, as in these example words and phrases:
Danish Bokmaål/Standard Ø(stnorsk) Oslo dialect
traditional radical
Opposition between masculine and feminine
a little man
a little woman no
en lille mand
en lille kvinde no
en liten mann
en liten kvinne yes
en liten mann
ei lita kvinne yes
en liten mann
ei lita kvinne
Opposition between masc. and fem. definite plural
the boats
the wagons no
bådene
vognene no
båtene
vognene yes
båta
vognene
Definite plural neuter suffix
the houses -ene/erne
husene -ene
husene -a
husa -a
husa
Weak past participle suffix
cycled -et
cyklet -et
syklet -a
sykla -a
sykla
Weak preterite suffix
cycled -ede
cyklede -et
syklet -a
sykla -a
sykla
Strong past participle suffix
written -et
skrevet -et
skrevet -i
skrivi
Split infinitive
come
lay no
komme
ligge no
komme
ligge yes
komma
ligge
Split weak masculines
ladder
round no
stige
runde no
stige
runde yes
stega
runde
West Scandinavian diphtongs
bone (noun)
smoke (noun)
soft/wet (adjective) no
ben
røg
blød no
ben
røk
bløt yes
bein
røyk
blaut yes
bein
røyk
blaut
West Scandinavian u for o
bridge (noun) no
bro no
bro yes
bru yes
bru
West Scandinavian a-umlaut
floor (noun) no
gulv
no
gulv
(yes)
(golv) yes
gølv
Stress on first syllable in loan words
banana (noun) no
/ba'na:n/ no
/ba'na:n/ yes
/'banan/
Retroflex flap /ɽ/ from old Norse /rð/
table, board (noun) no
/bo:r/ no
/bu:r/ yes
/bu:ɽ/
Retroflex flap /ɽ/ from old Norse /l/
sun (noun) no
/so:l/ no
/su:l/ yes
/su:ɽ/ yes
/su:ɽ/
Danish vocabulary
eat (verb)
why (adverb) yes
spise
hvorfor yes
spise
hvorfor no
eta
Ã¥ffer
Danish vocabulary
girl (noun)
how (adverb) yes
pige
hvordan yes
pike
hvordan no
jente
(Ã¥ssen) no
jente
Ã¥ssen

(The above were in columns at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokmal )



The diacritical marks or special characters used on some letters are:
(from www.lundy.org/genealogy_norwegianlanguagetips.htm#SpecialCharacters):


Special Norwegian Characters Keyboard Instructions (Windows PC) Turn on the NUM Lock Key
Hold down the ALT Key and
Type on the Numeric Key Pad :Å
ALT +0197 =A with circle above (as in Bokmal above)
ALT+0229 = åa with circle above
ALT+0198 = Æ AE
ALT+0230 = æae
ALT+0216 = O with forward slashØacross it
ALT+0248 = øo with forward slash across it

Hope this helps.

2007-09-10 19:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0 0

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