"Det er mange skip i havnen."

Translation: There are many ships in the harbor.

[Panthera4]

Sounds like a proverb.

[grydolva]

There's plenty of fish in the sea, kinda? No, not that I know of. (Det er flere fisker i havet, BTW)

[VictorPaiam]

Havnen can't be also havna? Why is not accepted?

[grydolva]

It is (along with hamnen and hamna)

[skynightstar]

Is it just me who struggles to pronounce 'vn' in Norwegian? I find it so hard to say right! I never see anyone talking about it though, so I feel like it's just me. I've tried to think of an example of 'vn' in English words which I could Norwegian-ify to help me pronounce it, but I can't think of any. Any help with this?

[CommissarFeesh]

Only words I could find look like loanwords from other languages, which sort of defeats the purpose, or slang / dialect versions of other words where intermediate letters are dropped (like governor becoming guvnor).

[skynightstar]

I've since become a little better at pronouncing this sound, but still not the best. Thanks for the insight.

[TARDISToni]

How about in the word 'oven', especially in the compound 'oven-roasted'? The two consonants aren't quite as fluidly pronounced together as they are in havn, but the compound word makes it sound a bit closer than in 'oven' alone.

[Chronomatex]

So would you "skipe" two people?

[TheSnowKing]

Over vannet...eller under det?

[Ghayth90]

In fast play it sounded like mange skip i Holland

[MuttFitness]

Not skiper?

[Deliciae]

No, just "skip". Like other monosyllabic neuter nouns, "skip" gets no added ending in the indefinite plural.

[eriklw87]

Jeg ser et skip i havnen. Jeg kan og skal adlyde.