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#3Østfold Norwegian by Knut
Østfold NorwegianEnglish

Sorg han̨th nú sjébne. Dh æn̨th nú mér hn ht tepph
shm leggæ s̨æ óvhr alt shm ær; håphts flagg
shm rivæs o ødlegæs nor tillit blomstrær.

Sorrow has no destiny. It's no more than a blanket
that lays itself over everything there is. The flag of hope
that tears and breaks when trust blossoms.

  • alt - n. everything
  • blomstre - v. to blossom, flourish
  • de - prn. they
  • en - conj. than
  • et - det. neuter indefinite article
  • flagg - n. neut. flag
  • ha - v. to have
  • håp - n. neut. hope
  • legge - v. to lay
  • mér - adj. more
  • nor - conj. when
  • nú - adv. some
  • o - conj. and
  • óver - adj. over
  • rive - v. to tear
  • sjébne - n. masc. fate, destiny
  • som - prn. who, which
  • sorg - n. masc. sorrow, grief
  • sæ - prn. reflexive pronoun, "-self"
  • teppe - n. neut. rug, blanket
  • tillit - n. masc. trust
  • være - v. to be, exist
  • ødlege - v. to break, destroy

MORPHOPHONOLOGY

Vowels, especially unstressed ones, may be strongly reduced, often to the point to elition.

'Hh' is used to mark vowels that have undergone this process.

/r/ undergoes sandhi with following /d t n s/ to create retroflex consonants /ɖ ʈ ɳ ʂ/.
This also happens across word boundaries.

VERBS

Present active-(æ)r
Present passive-(æ)s

The copula 'to be' conjugates irregularily:

Present:ær
Past:var
Active participle:væranhs
Passive participle:vært

NOUNS

Weak neuter noun declension:

Indefinite singular:-Ø
Definite singular:-e
Indefinite plural:-ær
Definite plural:-æne

CLITICS

Possessive clitic: -s

Negative clitic: -nte