| Phrases |
Pronunciation |
English |
| Finnmark er det nordligste
fylket i Norge. |
Feenn-mahrk aer deht noor-leek-steh
feel-keh ee nohr-geh |
Finnmark is the northernmost
county in Norway. |
| Mange samer, en etnisk minoritetsgruppe,
bor her. |
mahn-geh sah-mehr ehn eht-neesk
mee-noo-ree-tehts-grew-peh boor haer |
Many Samis, an ethnic minority
group, live here. |
| De har bodd i de nordlige delene
av Norge, Sverige, Finland og Russland i over 2000 år. |
dee hahr boodd ee dee noor-lee-eh
deh-leh-neh ahv nohr-geh svaer-ee-eh feenn-lahnn oh rewss-lahnn
ee oh-vehr too tew-sehn ohr |
They have lived in the northern
parts of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia for more
than 2000 years. |
| Opprinnelig var samene nomader
og drev reindrift. |
oopp-reen-neh-lee vahr sah-meh-neh
noo-mah-dehr oh drehv rain-dreeft |
Originally the Samis were nomads
and made their living from reindeer. |
| Nå finner du samer i
de fleste yrker. |
noh feen-nehr doo sah-mehr
ee dee fleh-steh eer-kehr |
Now you find Samis in most
professions. |
| Mange mennesker i Finnmark
lever av fiske. |
mahn-geh mehn-nes-kehr ee feenn-mahrk
leh-vehr ahv fees-keh |
Many people in Finnmark make
their living from fishing. |
| Finnmark er også et viktig
turistmål. |
feenn-mahrk aer oh-soh ehtt
veek-tee tew-reest-mohl |
Finnmark is also an important
goal for tourists. |
| Nordkapp, et av de nordligste
punkt i Europa, ligger her. |
nohr-kahpp ehtt ahv dee noor-leek-teh
poonkt ee ew-roo-pah leeg-gehr haer |
The North Cape, one of the
northern-most points in Europe, is located here. |
| For noen år siden ble
et flott turistsenter åpnet der--på 71 grader
10 minutes minutter nord. |
fohr noo-ehn ohr see-dehn bleh
ehtt flohtt tew-reest-sehn-tehr ohp-neht daer poh suht-tee-ehn
grah-dehr tee mee-new-tehr noor |
A few years back a great tourist
center opened there--at 71 degrees 10 north. |
| Det aller nordligste punkt
er Knivskjellodden på 71 grader 11 minutter nord. |
deh ahl-lehr noor-leek-steh
poonkt aer kohneev-shehll-ohd-dehn poh suht-tee-ehn grah-dehr
ehll-veh meenewt-ehr noor |
The most northern point is
Knivskjellodden located at 71 degrees 11 minutes north. |
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One excellent book, Norwegian, Verbs and Essentials
of Grammar by Louis Janus, may be ordered from Heritage
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