uttala
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From ut (“out”) + tala (“speak”).
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
uttala (present tense uttalar or uttaler, past tense uttala or uttalte, past participle uttala or uttalt, present participle uttalande, imperative uttal)
- to pronounce
- Vokalen ø kan vera vanskeleg å uttala for engelsktalande.
- The vowel ø can be hard to pronounce for English speakers.
- to express
- Dei uttalte sterk misnøye.
- They expressed strong discontent.
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
uttala f
References edit
- “uttala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From ut (“out”) + tala (“speak”). Compare Danish udtale, Norwegian uttale and Norwegian Nynorsk uttala.
Verb edit
uttala (present uttalar, preterite uttalade, supine uttalat, imperative uttala)
- to pronounce (to sound out a word)
- Hur uttalas det här ordet?
- How is this word pronounced?
- to express (an opinion or the like)
- (often somewhat solemn) to say (generally)
- to give (a verdict)
- uttala en dom
- give a verdict
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of uttala (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | uttala | uttalas | ||
| Supine | uttalat | uttalats | ||
| Imperative | uttala | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | uttalen | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | uttalar | uttalade | uttalas | uttalades |
| Ind. plural1 | uttala | uttalade | uttalas | uttalades |
| Subjunctive2 | uttale | uttalade | uttales | uttalades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | uttalande | |||
| Past participle | uttalad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||