NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
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| ve dropped. | ve retained. |
| fly(ve) or fly(v)e to flie, i fly(v)ende Fart in a flying hurry, paa flyende Flœkken (somewh. vulg.) right here on the spot. | med flyvende Faner with banners flying, den flyvende Hollænder the flying Dutchman, en Flyvemaskine a flying machine, et Flyveblad a pamphlet. |
| gi(ve) to give, gi(v) mig det give it me, prtcp. givet pr. gir (in these abbreviated colloquial forms g is pronounced as j (see § 118, 2). | der gives Folk som there are people who, anse noget for givet consider something as given, en given Störrelse a given quantity (in the unabridged forms g usually is pronounced as g). |
| ha(ve) to have, pres. written and pronounced jeg har, past tense spelt havde pron. hadde, prtc. havt pron hatt. | havende having, passive haves or ha(v)es. |
| Hoved pron. hode head: et godt Hode a clever person, ondt i Hode(t) pains in the head, Hodepine, Hodeverk headache (always spelt Hovedpine etc.) | Hoved chief: Hovedmanden the head, the leader, Hovedværk principal work. |
QUANTITY.
141. Vowels are long 1) in monosyllables when ending the word; Ex.: gaa to go, Ko cow. (Nu now has long or short vowel according as it has the sentence stress or not: nu‘kommer jeg here I am, nu kom‘mer jeg I am coming now). 2) in the accented syllable of dissyllables and polysyllables when followed by a single consonant with following vowel:
