Norsk uttale

Lange og korte vokaler

In Norwegian we have long vowels and short vowels. For example:
Thank you (long "a")
Thank you (short " a ")

Vowels	The vowel is usually long when there are 0-1 consonants after the vowel:	The vowel is usually short when there are two or more consonants after the vowel:
a	thank you	thank you
e	tr e	three and thirty
in	m i n	m i nne
o	oh look	o st
u	s u r	s u rr
y	s y k	cycle
eh	be	less
ø	f ø r	dry
to	m to tea	m to tte

Vowel + 1 consonant gives a long vowel.

Listen to more words with long vowels:

d a m one	bl e k
m a t	s e t e

Vowel + 2 consonants gives a short vowel.

Listen to more words with short vowels:

d a mm one	bl e kk
m a tt	s e tt e

🔎 An exception is when we conjugate some verbs and adjectives. Inflected verbs and adjectives retain a long vowel even if they get more consonants after the vowel.

Listen to these examples:

yellow - yellow - yellow