Spelling Words and Reading Individual Letters in Norwegian + How to use google translate

Before the useful Norwegian Phrases part I, here is a video clip of the Norwegian alphabet song:

Lyrics:

Aa, Bb, Cc så lett som bare Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg og Hh og Ii og Jj og Kk, 

Ll, Mm, Nn og Oo og Pp og så en liten Qq, møøø  Rr, Ss, Tt og Uu, Vv og Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz så lett og til slutt, hva kommer så? Ææ, Øø, Åå

Translation:

(ABC just as easy as DEFG and G and H and I and J and KLMN and O and P and then a little Q, mooo, RST and UV and WXYZ so easy until the end, what comes next?  Ææ, Øø, Åå )

Remember that when Norwegians ask you to spell something, as in Hvordan staver du det?  (How do you spell it?) or Hvordan skriver du det? (How do you write it?), you have to spell it using det norske alfabetet ( The Norwegian alphabet ).

Similarly, when they read abbreviations of words such as the words below, they also use their alphabet and so should you. Now, can you read the abbreviated words below?

Now open a new tab while clicking on this http://translate.google.com/#en/no/.
Copy and paste the following words

TV
BH
USA
PC
KK
Æ
Ø
Å
Du er søt. 
Dere er søte.


Then click on translate. Click on the audio button on the left ('Norwegian side') to hear them pronounced.

Now you know how to use google translate. REMEMBER THAT GOOGLE TRANSLATE ALSO MAKES MISTAKES and is NOT ACCURATE ALL THE TIME. It's usually correct when the text to be translated are simple and short but makes inaccurate translations for longer more complex sentences. Do not be too dependent on it and double check translations for complex sentences.

The Norwegian Alphabet + How to type æ, ø and å ( also Æ, Ø, Å )

The Danish~Norwegian Alphabet ~  Det danske~norske alfabetet 

Det dansk-norske alfabetet bygger på det latinske alfabetet, og har i hovedsak 29 bokstaver. 
The Danish-Norwegian alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet, and has essentially 29 letters.
I tillegg til bokstavene i det latinske alfabetet har det bokstavene æ, ø og å. 
In addition to the letters of the Latin alphabet, it has the letters æ, ø and å
Alfabetet blir ofte kalt det dansk-norske alfabetet fordi alfabetet er likt for språkene norsk og dansk. The alphabet is often called the Danish-Norwegian alphabet because the alphabet is the same for languages ​​Norwegian and Danish.

LISTEN and REPEAT AFTER THE NORWEGIAN SPEAKER BELOW: 

But why do you have to learn the Norwegian alphabet?
Here are two reasons : Because (1) when they spell words and (2) read abbreviations, they use their alphabet not your alphabet. So if you don't want to be misunderstood, you better memorize it.


The short video below of Karin will demonstrate how you pronounce the 3 letters in Norwegian, namely Ææ, Øø and Åå.

Here is a very entertaining music video (with almost 3 MILLION views as of April 18, 2013) to help you remember Ææ, Øø, Åå

 
How to type Ææ, Øø and Åå?

For WINDOWS USERS :   Press ALT and the 4 digit combination as follows:
Alt-0198: Æ ; Alt-0229: æ ; Alt-0145: Ø ; Alt-0248: ø ; Alt-0197: Å ; Alt-0229: å

For MAC USERS : æ - Option + ' '' key,  ø - Option + o and å - Option + a
Press CAPS LOCK followed by the same combinations to type Capital Æ , Ø and Å.

Now, practice typing and reading the 3 unique Norwegian-Danish letters in the lyrics below of the sing Size Matters (ÆØÅ) by Kollektivet posted above:

The American Dream is to be supreme, The bigger the better, the biggest ever
Size matters! It's David versus Goliath You're the kick drum. I'm the high hat.
Size matters! You took a giant leap for mankind. We took a small step for cheese
Size matters! We write stuff on paper. You write stuff on a f*cking hill! Size matters! More isn't less, it's more. Size does matter. Size matters!
For every actor that we got, You've got a cast and crew and millionaire with that
Size matters! I complain about my belly fat. You die from it. I can't compete with that.
Size matters! I feel so small, But we must not forget that Size matters!
And we've got the biggest alphabet. We've got ___ letters, you've only got ___
Let's see how big you are when you suck our fucking vowels
Suck my __, __, ___ You ain't got the __, __, ___ (Sham one!)
We got __, ___, ___ You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ We got __, __, ___
After X Y Zed, You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ It's no more Mr. Nice
We got __, __, __ We got a great big alphabet And it's a matter of size
Bigger. Better. Stronger. Faster. With __, __, ___ I am the MÆstØr.
What makes you think you're qualified for this job? (chuckle) Well,
__, __, ___! I got ___, ___, ___! Champagne for everyone, on me!
How will you pay for that? (snooty laugh) Funny. ___, ___, ___
I got ___, ___, ___ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ ___, ___, ___!
Let me give you some __ Then I'm gonna make you __ C'mon, let's get it __
Take it slow from base to base Then I __, __, ___ all over your face!
___, ___, ___ You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___
You ain't got the ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need your big fat ass
I got big fat ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need your rock and roll
I'm rocking ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need your pornography
Get it done by ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need no crack cocaine
I'm high on ___, ___, ___ We got ___, ___, ___ I don't need the iPhone 5
I got ___, ___, ___ Just gonna have a look at that, I don't need Lady Gaga
Ga-ga-got ___, ___, ___
Hello, Mr. President? Um, the Norwegians have a bigger alphabet than us.
What? Bigger? My fellow Americans. We have reason to believe...
Norway. Weapons of mass destruction. Ga-ga-got ___, ___, ___ (explosion)