r/norsk • u/dwchandler • Oct 29 '17

Søndagsspørsmål #199 - Sunday Question Thread

This is a weekly post to ask any question that you may not have felt deserved its own post, or have been hesitating to ask for whatever reason. No question too small or silly!

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u/perrrperrr Native Speaker Oct 30 '17

Pronouncing the t is uncommon in most dialects. There is nothing special about "målet", so most Norwegians would indeed say "måle".

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u/TortugaOnline Oct 30 '17

Ok, thanks for your answer. So it has nothing to do with the word after it (like in French where some silent t’s or s’s are pronounced when the next word begins with a vowel).

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u/perrrperrr Native Speaker Oct 30 '17

No, not really. Some people pronounce the t to put emphasize on the word. I also think it's somewhat more common to pronounce it if the word is a possessive - like "målets" or "ordets".

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u/TortugaOnline Oct 30 '17

All right. I understand. Really crazy how one sentence made me think so much about this. Thank you for your explanation. God to have a thread like this every Sunday.