NORWEGIAN SOUNDS.
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| Rige (k) empire, et stort Rige (k) a great empire. | Naturrigerne (g) the kingdoms of nature, Guds Rige (g) the kingdom of God, det tyske Rige the German empire, Frankrige (g) France (but Sverige pron. Sverie or Sverje, Sweden). |
| Sag (k) matter, en farli(g) Sag (k) a dangerous thing, det er ingen Sag (k) it is a very easy matter, sagsöge (k, k) to sue. | Sagen the matter, saglig pertinent (strictly to the point), Sagförer lawyer. |
| Smag (k) taste, en ubehageli(g) Smag (k) i Munden (nn) a disagreeable taste in the mouth; det har Mersmag (k) it has a morish taste. | Smag (g) taste, god Smag good taste, smagfuld (g, ll) tasteful, elegant, Smagen er forkskjellig taste differs. |
| vaage (k) to watch; vaage (k) over en syg to watch a sick person; Vaage (k) -kone a sick-nurse. | vaager (g) og beder watch and pray. |
| Aag (sometimes pron. åk) yoke, oxbow. | gaa under Aaget (g) to walk under the yoke; mit Aag (g) er gavnli(gt), my yoke is useful. |
123. k is written but not pronounced in the words: Au(k)tion, Mul(k)t fine, mul(k)tere to fine, Engels(k)mand Englishman; sometimes k is also dropped in pronouncing Frans(k)mand Frenchman, and always in Frans(k)brö(d) French rolls.
Note 1. For k being the orthographic sign of kj see § 119.
Note 2 There are still many people who instead of ks write œ; Ex. : sexten or seksten pron. seisten see § 94.
Note 3. The sound of k is still sometimes written q before u, pron. kv: Quadrat square, as a rule now written Kvadrat, Aquavit (pron. akkevit) Norwegian gin, now as a rule written Akevit.
