NORWEGIAN CULTURE
| 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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Some of the visitors to these pages have asked about assistance with grammer.
One excellent book, Norwegian, Verbs and Essentials of Grammar by Louis Janus, may be ordered from Heritage Books, telephone 1-888-828-2665. The price is $16.95 plus postage. |
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