Which one do you use, and when (if applicable)?
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Sju or syv?
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Re: Sju or syv?
Hiya, Alex here. Just a disclaimer: I'm just a newbie in Norwegian, and I'm also just learning it. What I heard from native speakers is that both "sju" and "syv" are correct depending on your dialect, but "sju" is much more common. I think it's just different ways to say the same thing, and just to be aware in case someone says "syv."
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Re: Sju or syv?
just pick one and stick to it.
syv would be the more danish influenced spelling/pronunciation i believe. i read with an oslo native that says syv when reading.
you'll see a few y(v)/ju swaps, with the y(v) spelling typically only allowed in bokmål and the ju spelling generally accepted in both bokmål and nynorsk. tykk/tjukk, tyv/tjuv and syk/sjuk off the top of my head.
another example is the danish tyve for tjue which some folks use but that appears to not actually be allowed in bokmål.
Re: Sju or syv?
Is that like hvad or hva ? I notice that Duolingo uses Hva (so far).
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Re: Sju or syv?
You can use both. Some would say that syv in more formal, but that is not true. You will probably find more use of syv in the upper class. You have the same thing with tyve og tjue.
Some write syv and say sju. It is a lot of that in Norway. Another example of that is writing boken and saying boka.
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Re: Sju or syv?
Yes, I do that. I write much more formally than I speak. Partly because I find it a lot easier to read formal norwegian, but also because I had an older teacher in Grade School, and she was very strict on using formal language when we wrote anything, as that's what she was taught herself. So it just kind of stuck that way for me.
She only corrected our speech when we tried to do like the Oslo-kids and say "schøpe" instead of "kjøpe" though. And boy, am I glad she did
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