Learn to talk about money in Nynorsk
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| Norway's monetary unit is the krone. |
| Denominations include coins for 1, 5, 10, and 20 kroner, and bills for 50, 100, 200, 500, and 1,000 kroner. |
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| Let’s say some prices in Nynorsk. It won’t be too difficult. Let’s start with 1 krone. |
| Ei krone |
| (slow) Ei kro-ne. |
| Ei krone. |
| 15 kroner will sound like this: |
| Femten kroner. |
| The word krone gets an -r on the end when it's more than one. |
| Let’s break that down: |
| (slow) Fem-ten kro-ner. |
| Femten kroner. |
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| We’ve already learned that “a hundred” in Nynorsk is hundre. To say more than one hundred, simply say the unit number first and then hundre. |
| Let’s try saying “four hundred” in Nynorsk: |
| Firehundre |
| What about “eight hundred”? |
| Åttehundre |
| To add tens or units like “five hundred and six” or “seven hundred and forty five,” simply say the hundreds, followed by og, meaning “and” and then the number of tens and units. |
| For example, 230 kroner is |
| Tohundreogtretti kroner. |
| (slow) To-hun-dre-og-tret-ti kro-ner. |
| Tohundreogtretti kroner. |
| To means “two,” hundre is “hundred,” og means “and” and tretti means “thirty.” |
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| A thousand in Nynorsk is |
| Eit tusen. |
| (slow) Eit tu-sen. |
| Eit tusen. |
| Just as with hundre, to say a certain number of thousands, you just say the unit number first, and then tusen. If you want to add some hundreds, then simply say the number of hundreds immediately afterwards. |
| Let’s try this with a slightly more complicated number, 5,420 kroner: |
| Femtusenfirehundreogtjue kroner. |
| Let’s break it down: |
| (slow) Fem-tu-sen-fi-re-hun-dre-og-tju-e kro-ner. |
| Once more: |
| Femtusenfirehundreogtjue kroner. |
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